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Hundreds feared dead after cyclone hits western Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar: A cyclone that struck Myanmar this weekend left hundreds, including Rohingya Muslims, feared dead.

The brunt of the cyclone was borne by Myanmar’s impoverished Rakhine State, with winds of up to 130 mph ripping roofs off homes and bringing a storm surge that inundated the state capital, Sittwe.

The region has a large population of Rohingya Muslims, a persecuted minority that successive My