Dhaka (EFE).- The “very severe” category Cyclone Mocha made landfall and began to cause damage this Sunday with winds of about 100 kilometers per hour in the coastal area of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and northern Burma (Myanmar).
The small island of Saint Martin in the Bay of Bengal has been the first to feel the arrival of the severe storm.
“The storm is now here in full swing. Many houses have been blown up and coconut trees have fallen. It is also raining with a strong wind,” Rashid Ahmed, a resident of the village of Galachipa on the island of Saint Martin in Bangladesh, told EFE by phone.