Cyclone Mahasen

Cyclone Mahasen: SITTWE, Myanmar - A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Even as rain and wind from the edges of Cyclone Mahasen began to pelt the coast near the city of Sittwe on Thursday morning, most people camped there appeared to be staying put. Some, however, were taking down their tents and hauling their belongings away in cycle-rickshaws, or carrying them in bags balanced on their heads. An internally displaced Rohingya woman carries water at a camp for displaced Rohingya in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar, ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Mahasen, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. A massive evacuation to clear low-lying camps ahead of the cyclone has run into a potentially deadly snag as members of the displaced Rohingya minority living there have refused to leave because they don't trust Myanmar authorities. AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe Tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya people live in the plastic-roofed tents and huts made of reeds, and they distrust nearly any order from a government that barely acknowledges they exist. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.