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Cyclone Mocha Reaches Myanmar and Bangladesh, Killing at Least 6 [1]
['John Yoon', 'Judson Jones', 'Jin Yu Young', 'Saif Hasnat']
Date: 2023-05
A storm forecast to be the strongest to hit Myanmar in more than a decade made landfall near the country’s border with Bangladesh on Sunday, but early reports suggest that it so far has not led to the humanitarian catastrophe that the authorities feared.
The storm moved ashore on Sunday afternoon in the coastal area around Cox’s Bazar, according to Bangladesh’s meteorological department. The Bangladeshi city is home to the world’s largest refugee encampment.
By Sunday morning, maximum sustained winds had reached 160 miles per hour, with gusts surpassing 180 miles per hour, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, making it a Category 5 storm. That is the highest rating on the Saffir-Simpson Scale and indicates potential for catastrophic damage.
Even before the cyclone moved ashore, U Hla Moe, a representative from a rescue team in Tachileik, a city in the country’s eastern region, said a landslide caused by heavy rain killed two people in the early hours of Sunday, burying them in their house while they were sleeping.
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