#CycloneMocha🌀will further intensify until landfall between Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukpyu (Myanmar), close to Sittwe (Myanmar) on Sunday 14 May (around noon, local time).
đź’¨ It is forecast to make landfall with sustained maximum winds of 180-190 km/h,
🌊 A storm surge of about 2.0-2.5 m above the astronomical tides is likely to inundate low-lying areas.
🌧️ Heavy rainfall is forecast, with the possible risk of floods, flash floods and landslides.
There will be major impacts both ahead and after landfall for potentially hundreds of thousands of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Cox’s Bazaar is home to nearly one million Rohingya refugees - the world’s largest camp. The state of Rakhine in neighbouring Myanmar has about six million people in need of humanitarian assistance. 