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KYAUKTAW, Myanmar, May 14, 2023 (AFP) – Cyclone Mocha crashed through Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, sparing sprawling refugee camps but bringing a storm surge to swathes of western Myanmar where communications were largely cut off. Mocha made landfall between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Myanmar’s Sittwe packing winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, in the biggest storm to hit the Bay of Bengal in over a decade. By late […]
KYAUKTAW, Myanmar, May 14, 2023 (AFP) – Cyclone Mocha intensified into a category five hurricane on Sunday, hours ahead of its predicted landfall in Myanmar and Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from the coasts were taking shelter. Mocha was packing winds of up to 140 knots or 259 kilometres per hour, the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center said, the equivalent to a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It […]
SITTWE, Myanmar, May 13, 2023 (AFP) – Thousands fled Myanmar’s west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal. Cyclone Mocha was packing winds of up to 220 kilometres per hour (136 miles per hour), according to India’s meteorological office, equivalent to a category four hurricane. It is expected to weaken before […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang thanked the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee for inviting presidential son, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, and son-in-law Atty. Manases Carpio and giving them a chance to air their side. This was amid the allegations made by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV linking the two with the controversial smuggling activities at the Bureau of Commission “We thank the blue ribbon committee for giving Vice Mayor Duterte and Atty. Carpio the chance […]
