Aaj TV English News - World https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:57:37 +0500 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:57:37 +0500 60 Cyclone Mocha crossing Bangladesh, Myanmar coast: Bangladesh https://english.aaj.tv/news/30321121/cyclone-mocha-crossing-bangladesh-myanmar-coast-bangladesh <p><strong>A major cyclone began crossing the Bangladesh and Myanmar coasts Sunday, the Bangladeshi meteorological department office said.</strong></p> <p>Mocha “is now crossing Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar coast. It (is) likely to move north-northeasterly direction and complete crossing Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar coasts near Sittwe by afternoon (Sunday),” the department said in a special bulletin.</p> <p>It added the maximum sustained wind speed within around 75 kilometres (45 miles) of the centre of the cyclone was around 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour with gusts and squalls of 215 kmph.</p> <p>The Zoom Earth website tracking the weather system suggested that the eye of the storm was still off the coast and heading for around Sittwe.</p> A major cyclone began crossing the Bangladesh and Myanmar coasts Sunday, the Bangladeshi meteorological department office said.

Mocha “is now crossing Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar coast. It (is) likely to move north-northeasterly direction and complete crossing Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar coasts near Sittwe by afternoon (Sunday),” the department said in a special bulletin.

It added the maximum sustained wind speed within around 75 kilometres (45 miles) of the centre of the cyclone was around 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour with gusts and squalls of 215 kmph.

The Zoom Earth website tracking the weather system suggested that the eye of the storm was still off the coast and heading for around Sittwe.

]]> World https://english.aaj.tv/news/30321121 Sun, 14 May 2023 12:25:04 +0500 none@none.com (AFP) Two children take shelter in Shahpori island on the outskirts of Teknaf, on May 14, 2023, ahead of Cyclone Mocha’s landfall. AFP