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- June 11, 2019
A storm-affected woman from Kyauk Taw township, located at upper Kaladan river in Rakhine State, committed suicide by hanging herself after her house got collapsed by the cyclone Mocha.
The victim has been identified as Daw Ma Than Sein (over 40
years old) hailing from Pone Sa village.
The lady, who lived alone, was found hanging on a tree in the backyard of her damaged house on 20 May.
A young woman from Pone
Sa village informed Narinjara News that she hanged herself during the night hours and the villagers saw her
next morning.
"She probably hanged at night. Villagers discovered her as dead in the next morning. The old woman is
understood to commit suicide because of desperation
after the cyclonic storm,” she added.
The village has 80 families and the storm had damaged everyone’s houses. Many of them now become
homeless.
Even after ten days of the storm, no relief from the government as well as NGOs have reached the village
till Tuesday.
She asserted that there is an urgent need for food and also shelter for the villagers.
“At this moment, we need food, drinking water, and
shelter. We don't know how
to deal with the rainy days or where to go. We are feeling helpless,” she stated.
Cyclone Mocha hit Sittwe on 14 May and it severely affected many villages of Rakhine State. Besides
casualties to hundreds of people, it
killed a large volume of livestock.
During such a storm, the rescue teams and social
organizations usually visit
various towns, but often they ignore rural areas, where the people suffer the most because of
little or no relief on time.
Caption: A victim of circumstances in storm-ravaged Rakhine village