Powerful cyclone Mocha hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar after intensifying into the equivalent of a category-five storm on Sunday. Mocha claimed three lives in Myanmar and left behind a trail of destruction. On the other hand, in West Bengal, NDRF teams are on high alert along the coastal areas of the state.
At least three people were killed and several buildings and infrastructures were damaged after cyclone Mocha made landfall in Myanmar s Rakhine region on Sunday with wind speeds of up to 130 mph (209 km/h), the country’s meteorological department said.
Cyclone Mocha intensified into a category five hurricane on Sunday, hours ahead of its predicted landfall in Myanmar and Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from the coasts were taking shelter.
The peripheral effect of Cyclone Mocha has begun over the coastal areas of Chattorgram and Barishal divisions, according to the latest bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), Dhaka Tribune reported.
As Cyclone Mocha intensifies and winds are getting stronger, Saint Martin's, the one and only coral island of Bangladesh, may go temporarily underwater, according to the head of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), reported Dhaka Tribune.