Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepare to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people, warning them to stay away from coastal areas as a severe cyclonic storm called Mocha churned in the Bay of Bengal
Bangladesh is a delta nation of more than 160 million people and is prone to natural disasters such as floods and cyclones. / Photo: AP
The storm is expected to roar in on Sunday with a wind speed of up to 160 kilometres per hour , gusting to 175 kph between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Kyaukpyu in Myanmar, India's Meteorological Department said on Friday. Evacuation of nearly 500,000 people is expected to start Saturday with 576 cyclone shelters ready to provide refuge to those moved from their homes along a vast coast, said Bangladesh government administrator Muhammad Shaheen Imran.
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