Cyclone Mocha is likely to intensify further and make landfall on Sunday between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and Myanmar, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department says.
DHAKA, Bangladesh – A powerful storm packing winds of up to 175 kilometers per hour barreled toward the coasts of eastern Bangladesh and Myanmar on Saturday, May 13, threatening around a millionThousands of people in both countries have already fled to safer areas ahead of the storm.
Cox’s Bazar, a southeastern border district, is where more than a million Rohingya refugees live, most of them having fled a military-led crackdown in Myanmar in 2017. Since a junta seized power two years ago, Myanmar has been plunged into chaos and a resistance movement is fighting the military on multiple fronts after a bloody crackdown on protests.In Bangladesh, Mohammad Shamsud Douza, a government official responsible for refugees, said: “We are focusing on saving lives…people who are at risk of landslides will be evacuated.”
Outside the refugee camps, at least 5,000 people have moved to cyclone shelters and authorities have made arrangements to evacuate 500,000 people from the path of the storm, said Netai Chandra Dey Sarker from Bangladesh’s Department of Disaster Management.
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