Residents and refugees from low-lying areas have been evacuated. (file)
Dhaka:
According to the latest bulletin of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), the Dhaka Tribune reported that the peripheral effect of Cyclone Mocha has started over the coastal areas of Chattogram and Barishal divisions.
According to BMD, Cyclone Mocha is moving towards the coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar with a wind speed of 210 km per hour.
According to the advisory, the Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm is about 490 km south-southwest of Chattogram Port, 410 km south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar Port, 530 km south of Mongla Port, and 460 km south of Payra Port. Was located at night. According to Dhaka Tribune.
According to BMD, it is expected to develop further today (May 14), continue in a north-northwesterly direction and cross Cox’s Bazar-north Myanmar coast between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm .
The latest bulletin said that at midnight, the maximum sustained wind speed was about 190 kmph gusting to 210 kmph within 74 kms of the extremely severe cyclone centre.
Cyclone Mocha will cross southeast Bangladesh and northern Myanmar today with wind speed reaching 180-190 kmph gusting to 210 kmph, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday.
According to the Dhaka Tribune, the sea port of Cox’s Bazar has been instructed to hoist Great Danger Signal 10.
Additionally, it has been advised that the sea ports of Chattogram and Payra hoist Great Danger Signal 8, while the sea port of Mongla should hoist Local Warning Signal 4.
The coastal district of Cox’s Bazar as well as its surrounding islands and four will come under Great Danger Signal Number 10, the bulletin said.
The coastal districts of Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Barishal, Patuakhali, Jhalakathi, Pirojpur, Barguna and Bhola as well as its outlying islands will come under Great Danger Signal Number 8, reports the Dhaka Tribune.
Aid agencies in Bangladesh and Myanmar say they are preparing for the disaster and have begun implementing a comprehensive emergency plan, CNN reported, as a stronger cyclone affects millions of marooned people.
Tropical Cyclone Mocha, which formed in the Bay of Bengal early Thursday, has intensified into a high-end Category 4 Atlantic hurricane with sustained winds of 240 kph (150 mph).
According to Sanjeev Kafle, head of delegation for the IFRC Bangladesh delegation, disaster response teams and over 3,000 local volunteers who have been trained in disaster preparedness and first aid have been deployed on standby in camps, and there is a national cyclone early warning system In place, according to CNN.
According to Cafele, 7,500 emergency shelter kits, 4,000 hygiene kits and 2,000 water containers are available for distribution.
In addition, mobile health teams and dozens of ambulances are ready to respond to refugees and Bangladeshis in need, with specially trained teams helping the elderly, children and children, Arjun Jain, the UN’s principal coordinator for the Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh, told CNN. And ready to help. particularly capable.
Mr Jain also said, “We expect this cyclone to have a more severe impact than any other natural disaster in the last five years,” adding, “At this stage, we do not know where the cyclone will hit And with what intensity, so we are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.”
He said evacuations had begun for people living in low-lying areas and those with serious medical problems, reports CNN.
Residents of Rakhine state and Ayeyarwady region in Myanmar have started fleeing their homes and took shelter in temples and schools.
IFRC’s Caffley also said the Red Cross has hundreds of volunteers ready to help with rehabilitation efforts for the most vulnerable citizens, as well as hurricane awareness campaigns in towns and villages.
Tropical Cyclone Giri, which made landfall in October 2010, was the most recent storm of comparable strength to do so. It made landfall as a high-end Category 4 equivalent storm with maximum winds of 250 km/h (155 mph).
The hail resulted in over 150 deaths and the destruction of approximately 70 percent of the city of Kyockphu. According to the United Nations, about 15,000 homes were destroyed during the storm in Rakhine state, reports CNN.
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