Extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘mocha’ to make landfall on Myanmar-Bangladesh coast today: IMD
New Delhi, May 14: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has reported that the extremely severe cyclonic storm named "Mocha" is expected to make landfall between Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar and Myanmar's Kyaukpyu, close to Sittwe, on Sunday noon.
The cyclone is currently located in the Northeast and adjoining Eastcentral Bay of Bengal near lat 18.7N and long 91.5E. In West Bengal's South 24 Parganas, civil defence teams have been deployed at Bakkhali Sea Beach as Cyclone 'Mocha' intensifies into an extremely severe cyclonic storm. The members of the civil defence teams are continuously alerting the public and tourists and asking them to remain alert and avoid coming to the beach and areas close to the sea.
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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed eight teams and 200 rescuers in West Bengal's Digha after warnings about Cyclone 'Mocha' intensifying into a severe storm. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported that this is the first cyclone to threaten Myanmar this monsoon season, and there are grave concerns about the impact, especially on already vulnerable and displaced communities.
More than 230,000 Rakhine residents reside in displaced persons' camps that are located in low-lying coastal areas susceptible to storm surges.
Around six million people in the storm's projected path in Rakhine and the three northwesterly states of Chin, Magway, and Sagaing already require humanitarian aid, according to UNOCHA. Authorities have issued warnings about the risks of flooding, landslides, and a storm surge of 2 to 2.7 meters (6.6 to 8.9 feet) in height.
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- ANI
