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Heavy Rains

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Heavy rains are expected to fall in a few weeks. Aid agencies are racing to shore up flimsy [blank] and stabilise shaky terrain before the monsoon season begins. The U.N. refugee agency(UNHCR) says the work ahead is [blank] but preparations are off to a better start this year than last. Aid agencies last year had to deal with the massive influx of more than 740,000 Rohingya [blank] fleeing violence and persecution in Myanmar. They arrived over a period of a few months, straining local resources and [blank] vast amounts of [blank] assistance.

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Heavy rains are expected to fall in a few weeks. Aid agencies are racing to shore up flimsy shelters and stabilise shaky terrain before the monsoon season begins. The U.N. refugee agency(UNHCR) says the work ahead is monumental but preparations are off to a better start this year than last. Aid agencies last year had to deal with the massive influx of more than 740,000 Rohingya refugees fleeing violence and persecution in Myanmar. They arrived over a period of a few months, straining local resources and requiring vast amounts of humanitarian assistance.
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