Cyclone Mocha floods Myanmar port city as strong winds wreck buildings - World
DHAKA: Storm surges whipped up by a powerful cyclone moving inland from the Bay of Bengal inundated the Myanmar port...
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DHAKA: Storm surges whipped up by a powerful cyclone moving inland from the Bay of Bengal inundated the Myanmar port...
Storm surges inundated the Myanmar port city of Sittwe but largely spared a densely-populated cluster of refugee camps in low-lying neighbouring Bangladesh.
Thousands of people hunkered down yesterday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing the roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.
Some 400,000 people were evacuated in Myanmar and Bangladesh ahead of Cyclone Mocha making landfall, as authorities and aid agencies scrambled to avert heavy casualties from one of the strongest storms to hit the region in recent years.
Some 400,000 people were evacuated in Myanmar and Bangladesh ahead of Cyclone Mocha