Teams from TSF arrived in Burma on Friday last week in the aftermath of typhoon Mahasen at the request of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA); they will be deployed as of tomorrow morning in the State of Rakhine to assist the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination teams (UNDAC).
In the first days of the disaster response, TSF experts will assess damage to telecoms infrastructure and provide telecommunications support to the evaluation teams using the specialized equipment that the NGO brings with it.
The tropical cyclone, along with violent winds and heavy rain, hit Burma on Tuesday 14th May, causing landslides and widespread flooding, in which more than 78,000 people had to leave their homes.