Cyclone Mocha death toll reaches 145 in Myanmar: junta

YANGON, May 19: The death toll from Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar has reached 145, the ruling junta's information team said in a statement on Friday.

"Altogether 145 local people were killed during the cyclone," the most powerful storm to hit Myanmar and Bangladesh in more than a decade, the statement said.

(RSS/AFP)

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