Cyclone Mocha crossing Bangladesh, Myanmar coast: Bangladesh
14 May 2023 02:42pm
A boy holds an umbrella while he sits on an embankment in Shahpori island on the outskirts of Teknaf, on May 14, 2023, ahead of Cyclone Mocha's landfall. Thousands fled Myanmar's west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on May 13 as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal. (Photo by Munir uz zaman / AFP)
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TEKNAF, Bangladesh - A major cyclone began crossing the Bangladesh and Myanmar coasts Sunday, the Bangladeshi meteorological department office said.
Mocha "is now crossing Cox's Bazar-North Myanmar coast. It (is) likely to move north-northeasterly direction and complete crossing Cox's Bazar-North Myanmar coasts near Sittwe by afternoon (Sunday)," the department said in a special bulletin.
It added the maximum sustained wind speed within around 75 kilometres (45 miles) of the centre of the cyclone was around 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour with gusts and squalls of 215 kmph.
The Zoom Earth website tracking the weather system suggested that the eye of the storm was still off the coast and heading for around Sittwe. - AFP
