June 10, 2023
United Nations warned on Friday that too little aid was reaching Burma’s cyclone-affected areas and the country could soon face a severe food crisis if farmers were unable to plant crops. Cyclone Mocha hit the western state of Rakhine and surrounding regions last month, killing hundreds of people and damaging thousands of homes. “The devastation
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A storm is brewing on Uranus! NASA spotted a spinning cyclone at the north pole of an ice giant for the first time NASA has detected what it believes is a polar cyclone at the north pole of Uranus. The discovery suggests that all planets in the solar system have vortices at their poles. TO
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On Tuesday, the United Nations launched an appeal for $333 million in emergency funding for the 1.6 million people it says have been affected since the deadly Cyclone Mocha swept through Myanmar. On May 14, Mocha brought heavy rain and 195 kilometers per hour (120 mph) winds to Myanmar and neighboring Bangladesh, bringing down buildings
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The death toll from Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar has reached 145, the junta said Friday, with most of the dead belonging to the persecuted Rohingya minority. Mocha on Sunday brought heavy rain and 195 kilometers per hour (120 mph) winds to Myanmar and neighboring Bangladesh, bringing down buildings and turning streets into rivers. The storm
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CNN — Myanmar’s military junta delays humanitarian access to some communities affected by the cyclone in the western state of Rakhine after Cyclone Mocha destroyed the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in the poorest parts of the country. United Nations agencies said Wednesday they were still in talks to access parts of the
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The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to 60 on Tuesday, according to local leaders and junta-backed media, as villagers tried to piece together destroyed homes and waited for help and support. With winds up to 195 kilometers (120 miles) an hour, Mocha made landfall on Sunday, destroying power pylons and smashing wooden fishing boats
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Hundreds of people sought shelter and high ground in western Myanmar on Friday ahead of a looming cyclone that is forecast to bring strong winds and storm surge to the eastern Bay of Bengal. Cyclone Mocha will make landfall on Sunday near the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar, with winds reaching 175 kilometers (108 miles)
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A new storm, predicted to be the strongest in Myanmar in more than a decade, is expected to make landfall near the border with Bangladesh on Sunday, raising the possibility of a major humanitarian disaster. The storm, Cyclone Mocha, formed over the southern Bay of Bengal on Thursday and has already begun to flood western
READ MOREAustralia’s northwest region, home to the world’s largest iron ore export hub, could be hit by the most powerful tropical cyclone in a decade as ports clear ships and residents rush to stock up on essentials. Cyclone Ilsa, located about 300 km off the coast of Australia in the Indian Ocean, was upgraded to a
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Brisbane, Australia CNN — A massive cyclone The hurricane circling off Australia’s west coast is likely to make landfall as a Category 5 storm, the nation’s strongest, according to the country’s official forecaster. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) expects Cyclone Ilsa to cross the Pilbara coast in Western Australia on Thursday evening or Friday morning
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