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With winds as strong as a category 5 Atlantic hurricane, mighty Cyclone Mocha crashed on Myanmar’s west coast on Sunday with its destructive power putting millions of unsheltered people in its...

Bangladeshi authorities have moved 190,000 people in Cox’s Bazar and nearly 100,000 in Chittagong to safety, official says.

Cyclone Mocha, classes as a severe cyclonic storm, is likely to make landfall between 12 noon and 3:00pm today, the Met office said

The very severe cyclonic storm Mocha started crossing Cox’s Bazar-north Myanmar coast, according to the latest bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

As Cyclone Mocha approaches Teknaf, residents of Shah Porir Dwip were seen reinforcing their homes

The wind speed in St Martin’s Island reached a maximum of 121 kilometres per hour at 2:00pm today as Cyclone Mocha was moving over the northeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas in a north-northeastwards direction.

Geographical location, wind speed, and a storm surge are the features that make Cyclone Mocha different from the recent cyclones that hit Bangladesh, meteorologists say.

Saint Martins, the coral island of Bangladesh, may be temporarily submerged

Super cyclone Mocha made landfall along the Myanmar-Bangladesh coasts on Sunday after intensifying into the equivalent of a category-five storm, a senior Met official said.

The “eye” or the centre point of most powerful cyclone Mocha in two decades made its landfall in south-eastern coastline ahead of the speculated timeline, making its way through the Naf River that divided Bangladesh and Myanmar..“The ‘eye’ or the centre point of the cyclone made its landfa