Cyclone Mora hits Bangladesh coast, hundreds of thousands evacuated
Team Udayavani, May 30, 2017, 9:03 AM IST
Dhaka: Severe cyclone Mora hit Bangladesh on Tuesday packing winds of up to 117 kilometres per hour after authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from low-lying coastal villages.
The storm made landfall on the coast between Cox’s Bazar and the main port city of Chittagong at 5:30 am IST, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in a special weather bulletin.
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