Situation dangerous in Chittagong
The remarks came after the Bangladesh Meteorological Office issued its latest special weather bulletin. In this, the sea ports of southeast Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar have been asked to declare ‘Very Dangerous Indicator Number Eight’. The Meteorological Department said that the “extremely severe cyclonic storm Mocha” is moving north-west, due to which winds with a speed of 175 kilometers per hour can occur. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) had earlier on Friday forecast a wave height of 2-2.5 meters over the weekend, causing landslides and inundation in low-lying areas of northern Myanmar as well as parts of Bangladesh. Is.
Efforts to save Rohingya refugees
Thousands have fled Myanmar’s west coast and authorities in Bangladesh scrambled to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday. The most powerful cyclone in the region for more than a decade moved into the Bay of Bengal. According to the Indian Meteorological Department, due to cyclone Mocha, winds are blowing at a speed of 220 kilometers per hour. Cox’s Bazar, where some one million Rohingya live in refugee camps made up largely of makeshift shelters. At the same time, it is expected to weaken before making landfall between Sittwe on the western Rakhine coast of Myanmar.
Biggest storm since 2008
On Saturday, residents of Myanmar Sittwe packed possessions and pets into cars, trucks and tuktuks and moved to another place. Some 150,000 people in Sittwe lost shops and markets in the city, with many locals taking refuge in monasteries. In 2008, a cyclone struck Myanmar that killed more than 130,000 people in southern Myanmar. State media reported on Friday that Myanmar’s junta officials were monitoring evacuations from villages near the Rakhine coast. Myanmar Airways International said all its flights to Rakhine state had been suspended until Monday.
very dangerous storm
WMO spokeswoman Claire Nullis said at a press conference in Geneva, “This is a very dangerous cyclone and … it is associated with strong winds … millions of people will be affected by the cyclone and after its landfall.” Meteorologists said the cyclone is expected to hit Bangladesh’s southeastern border town of Cox’s Bazar, where more than one million Rohingya refugees live. Most of them had fled to neighboring Bangladesh after the 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar.