The AA announced that ethnic armed organizations, including the National Unity Government (NUG), have donated 1,000 million kyats through the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) to assist the cyclone victims in Rakhine State.
Unseasonal rain is forecast for some regions and states, including Arakan State, between April 30 and May 3 due to high temperatures, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. Isolated, heavy rains are forecast in Tanintharyi and Sagaing regions, Kachin, northern and eastern Shan, Chin and Kayin and Arakan states, said the department. Strong wind, hail and
Dozens of homes in five camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun and Rathedaung townships were damaged by strong winds on the evening of March 20, according to displacement camp officials. Eighty-three homes six from Ceditaung IDP camp and 55 from Pyar Chaung Gyi IDP camp in Rathedaung; one in Kaviyadana IDP camp in Kyauktaw; as well