<br /> <p>The World Health Organization (WHO) warned</a> on February 22 that the approaching rainy season would pose a “huge risk” to Rohingya refugees who fled across the Myanmar border to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.</p><p>The WHO said that rain expected in March and monsoons expected in May would put the camps at risk of flooding, mudslides, and disease.</p><p>Speaking from the Balukhali camp, which houses approximately 900,000 Rohingya refugees, Dr Tony Stewart, WHO’s health operations lead in Cox’s Bazar, said: "This whole area that is built on a hillside is going to become a large muddy, flooded area and the risk of things like diarrhea, dysentery, mosquito-borne disease like dengue, malaria, and others are going to be a huge risk to the population.” Credit: WHO via Storyful</p><br />
