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The Bay of Bengal's first named tropical cyclone of the season, Mocha, formed Thursday morning, local time, and AccuWeather meteorologists say the strengthening storm could bring significant ...
Mocha, the first named storm of the 2023 northern Indian Ocean tropical season, could end up being the strongest cyclone to impact Myanmar since 2010, when Cyclone Giri came ashore with winds of ...
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Mocha [a] (/ ˈ m oʊ k ə /) was a powerful and deadly tropical cyclone in the North Indian Ocean which affected Myanmar and parts of Bangladesh in May 2023. The second depression and the first cyclonic storm of the 2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season , Mocha originated from a low-pressure area that was first ...
Rescue and recovery operations continued across portions of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Wednesday, three days after Cyclone Mocha's direct strike on the latter country left a trail of destruction ...
Cyclone Mocha has hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar, bringing winds of up to 130mph. Footage shared by Abdusattor Esoev, UN Migration's Chief of Mission in Bangladesh, shows disaster ...
The country's worst natural disaster in the 20th century was a cyclone in 1968, which killed more than 1,000 people when it hit Rakhine State in northwestern Myanmar. One of the most powerful storms to ever hit the country was Cyclone Mocha, which it moved ashore northwestern Myanmar in May 2023, killing at least 413 people.
Mocha began to weaken swiftly after landfall due to Myanmar's terrain, with wind shear degrading the storm further. [26] The system would be downgraded to a depression on 15 May, [27] before becoming marked as a low-pressure area later that day. [28] The death toll from Cyclone Mocha varies significantly.
Cyclone Mocha prompts heavy flooding and communication blackout in western Myanmar