 Footage shared on social media showed destroyed homes and debris scattered across a village in Myanmar's western Rakhine state on May 17, after cyclone Moka struck over the weekend. Hundreds of people, including Rohingya Muslims, were feared dead after the massive storm hit residents and aid groups set on Tuesday, with rescue efforts hampered by damage to infrastructure. Reuters was not able to independently verify the death toll. The impoverished Rakhine state, or the brunt of the cyclone, during which winds of up to 210 km per hour ripped roofs off homes and brought a storm surge that inundated the state capital Sitwe. A United Nations official said 5.4 million people were expected to have been in the storm's path, the majority of whom were considered vulnerable.