緬甸難民船傾覆多人恐葬身大海

The United Nations says a boat evacuating as many as 150 Rohingya Muslim refugees has capsized off the coast of western Burma, as tens of thousands scramble to leave low-lying refugee camps in preparation for an incoming cyclone.

聯合國說，一艘疏散多達150名羅興亞穆斯林難民的船隻在緬甸西部海岸外海傾覆。與此同時，成千上萬的人爲了躲避即將登陸的颶風，正匆忙逃離低窪地區的難民營。

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Tuesday a boat towing two other boats struck rocks near Pauktaw township in Burma's Rakhine state. It said an unknown number of people were missing, with many feared dead.

聯合國人道事務協調辦公室星期二說，一艘拖着另外兩隻船的船在緬甸的諾開邦帕科塔烏鎮觸礁後翻覆，失蹤人數不詳，但很多人恐怕已經喪生。

The incident happened Monday, as the refugees were being moved to what the U.N. office called "other Muslim host communities" in that part of Burma.

這次事件發生在星期一，當時這些難民們正被運往聯合國辦公室所說的緬甸那個地區的“其他穆斯林社區”。

Aid agencies continue to warn of a possible humanitarian disaster that could result from heavy flooding and mudslides when tropical Cyclone Mahasen hits the coast of western Burma and Bangladesh late Wednesday.

救援機構繼續警告說，在熱帶颶風“馬哈森”星期三晚間登陸緬甸西部海岸和孟加拉國時，特大洪水和泥石流可能會引發人道主義災難。

Most at risk are the tens of thousands of people, mostly Rohingya Muslims, living in squalid refugee camps in flood-prone areas of Rakhine. They were displaced following Buddhist-Muslim violence last year that killed nearly 200 people.

目前處境最危險的是居住在諾開邦洪水易發地區骯髒難民營的成千上萬的難民，其中大多數是羅興亞穆斯林。這些人在去年導致近200人喪生的佛教徒和穆斯林的暴力事件後無家可歸。