Cyclone Mocha

The death toll from Cyclone Mocha has reached 145 in Myanmar, its junta said Friday, with most of the dead from the persecuted Rohingya minority.Mocha brought lashing rain and winds of 195 kilometres per hour (120 miles per hour) to Myanmar…

At least 54 people were killed and more than 185,000 buildings damaged in Myanmar by a powerful cyclone last weekend, state television MRTV reported Thursday. Communication difficulties in the affected areas, where infrastructure was…

The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to 60 on Tuesday, according to local leaders and junta-backed media, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support.Packing winds of up to 195 kilometres (120…

<!-- -->Cyclone Mocha has been classified as a 'category 5' hurricane by the US.Dhaka: As Cyclone Mocha intensifies and winds are getting stronger, Saint Martin's, the one and only coral island of Bangladesh, may go temporarily…

Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing roofs off buildings and killing at least three people. The center of…

<!-- -->The maximum sustained wind speed would be 180-190 kmph gusting to 210. (file)New Delhi: "Extremely severe" cyclonic storm Mocha is making landfall over the Myanmar-Bangladesh coasts, the weather office said, adding that the…

<!-- -->Cyclone Mocha has forced lakhs of people in Bangladesh to flee their homes.Kyauktaw, Myanmar: Cyclone Mocha intensified into a category five hurricane on Sunday, hours ahead of its predicted landfall in Myanmar and Bangladesh,…

AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, with Congress leaders Siddaramaiah, D K Shivakumar, Randeep Singh Surjewala, and K. C. Venugopal, during a press conference after the Karnataka assembly elections 2023 results, in Bengaluru on May 13,…

Last Updated: May 14, 2023, 10:38 ISTPeople gather by the seafront in Sittwe in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on May 12, 2023, ahead of the expected arrival of Cyclone Mocha. (Credits: AFP)Cyclone Mocha is expected to make landfall around 0630…

KYAUKTAW, Myanmar: The Bay of Bengal's most powerful cyclone for over a decade was set to make landfall Sunday, with hundreds of thousands evacuated from the coasts of Myanmar and Bangladesh taking shelter from driving winds and…