"Highlights In Myanmar, WFP has started distributing food, cash, and nutrition supplies to 190,000 cyclone-affected people in central Rakhine State today. High Energy Biscuits and rice will be provided to 6,000 affected individuals in the worst-hit villages in northern Rakhine State as part of the emergency response. In Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, WFP reached 6,200 Rohingya refugees with emergency hot meals and fortified biscuits. In Numbers At least 800,000 people in the direct path of the cyclone will need emergency food assistance in Myanmar, according to initial estimates that could still increase. Almost 500,000 Bangladeshis are estimated to have been affected by the Cyclone; more precision is expected via UN assessments now underway. Situation Update • Cyclone Mocha’s landfall (14 May) near Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, has caused further distress to the already dire situation in northwest Myanmar. The cyclone was one of the strongest to ever strike Myanmar, while also inflicting damage in Bangladesh, where nearly 1 million people live in the world’s largest refugee camp. • WFP estimates that at least 800,000 people are in urgent need of food assistance in Rakhine State, of whom 360,000 are existing beneficiaries and 440,000 are new beneficiaries affected by the cyclone. • In Myanmar, the de facto authorities have announced a new structure to manage the cyclone response at the field level. In each affected township, a senior officer will be assigned to oversee response and recovery efforts..."