Cyclone Mocha has been the most powerful Pacific cyclone yet this year, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane.
has battered the coastlines of Myanmar and Bangladesh, but the timely evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from low-lying areas in the two countries appeared to have prevented mass casualties on Monday.
Locals ride a motorbike on a road while fallen trees lie near a mosque after Cyclone Mocha, in Sittwe township, Rakhine State, Myanmar, May 15, 2023.India, which earlier fell in the predicted path of the storm, remained largely untouched. Myanmar faced the brunt of the storm's fury. Strong winds, heavy rains and a storm surge that brought floods destroyed hundreds of homes and shelters in Myanmar's low-lying Rakhine state, where all the deaths were reported. Myanmar's ruling military junta declared the region a natural disaster area on Monday.
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