A 180 mph cyclone has killed at least six people and injured hundreds in Myanmar.
Phone towers and electrical transformers have also been damaged, worsening communication.
This picture shows a view of a street in Kyauktaw in Myanmar's Rakhine state as Cyclone Mocha crashes ashore Volunteers previously said shelters in Sittwe did not have enough food after more people arrived there seeking help.Thousands were evacuated from the city of Cox's Bazar, but they were spared the predicted direct hit as the cyclone veered east.
UN agencies and aid workers in Bangladesh had pre-positioned tons of dry food and dozens of ambulances in the refugee camps that house more than one million Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in Myanmar. A girl carries belongings as she returns from a shelter in Shahpori island on the outskirts of Teknaf Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune city, said cyclones in the Bay of Bengal are becoming more intense more quickly, in part because of climate change.'As long as oceans are warm and winds are favourable, cyclones will retain their intensity for a longer period,' Mr Koll said.
Tropical cyclones, which are called hurricanes or typhoons in other regions, are among the world's most devastating natural disasters when they hit densely populated coastal areas.
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