Mora Cyclone

Bangladesh's navy was searching for 81 fishermen still missing on Thursday after more than 63 were rescued from the Bay of Bengal following a devastating cyclone which killed several people and left thousands homeless.

An Indian navy ship has plucked 33 people and a body from rough seas off Bangladesh, officials said Wednesday, a day after Cyclone Mora battered coastal areas with violent winds and rain that left six dead.

The death toll in Sri Lanka's flood has reached 202 while 94 people are missing in the island nation's worst torrential rains since 2003 that displaced nearly half-a-million people.

The Indian Navy has rescued 27 people in a major operation in Bangladesh, which has been hit hard by Cyclone Mora causing widespread destruction and rendering millions of people homeless.

Indian Navy diving and medical teams joined rescue efforts of Sri Lankan authorities in flood-hit regions as the death toll in the country's worst torrential rains since 2003 climbed today to 193.

At least six people were killed as Cyclone Mora made landfall in Bangladesh today, bringing winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour and damaging several houses. The authorities scrambled to evacuate over half-a-million people from Bangladesh's coastal areas.

Fishermen were asked not to venture into the sea in Odisha as severe cyclonic storm 'Mora' crossed the Bangladesh coast today, raising possibility of rains at many places in Odisha.

Sri Lankan authorities today grappled with the paucity of safe drinking water in flood-hit regions. They appealed for public assistance in cleaning up wells contaminated during the country's worst torrential rains in 14 years that has claimed 183 lives.

Cyclone Mora made landfall in Bangladesh today, bringing winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour and damaging houses. The authorities evacuated at least three lakh people from Bangladesh's coastal areas.

South monsoon rains arrived at the Kerala coast and the Northeast today in line with the India Meteorological Department or IMD forecast, a source in the weather office said.

Bangladesh has evacuated at least 350,000 people as a cyclone lashed coastal areas on Tuesday, officials said, causing havoc in refugee camps set up for Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in neighbouring Myanmar.

Cyclone Mora hit the coast of Bangladesh between Cox's Bazaar and the city of Chittagong around 6 am local time today, news agency Agence France-Presse reported quoting Bangaldesh's meteorological department.

Bangladesh today launched a massive evacuation campaign along its southern coastline as severe cyclonic storm 'Mora' is expected to hit the shoreline early tomorrow.

Mizoram government issued a warning today that cyclone 'Mora' accompanied by a thunderstorm and very heavy rainfall is likely to lash the state on May 30 and 31.

Rescuers in Sri Lanka today pulled out more bodies buried in the mudslides triggered by the country's worst torrential rains in 14 years, taking the number of deaths to 164. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said 104 people are still missing while 88 remain in hospital.

Bangladesh's navy was searching for 81 fishermen still missing on Thursday after more than 63 were rescued from the Bay of Bengal following a devastating cyclone which killed several people and left thousands homeless.

An Indian navy ship has plucked 33 people and a body from rough seas off Bangladesh, officials said Wednesday, a day after Cyclone Mora battered coastal areas with violent winds and rain that left six dead.

The death toll in Sri Lanka's flood has reached 202 while 94 people are missing in the island nation's worst torrential rains since 2003 that displaced nearly half-a-million people.

The Indian Navy has rescued 27 people in a major operation in Bangladesh, which has been hit hard by Cyclone Mora causing widespread destruction and rendering millions of people homeless.

Indian Navy diving and medical teams joined rescue efforts of Sri Lankan authorities in flood-hit regions as the death toll in the country's worst torrential rains since 2003 climbed today to 193.

At least six people were killed as Cyclone Mora made landfall in Bangladesh today, bringing winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour and damaging several houses. The authorities scrambled to evacuate over half-a-million people from Bangladesh's coastal areas.

Fishermen were asked not to venture into the sea in Odisha as severe cyclonic storm 'Mora' crossed the Bangladesh coast today, raising possibility of rains at many places in Odisha.

Sri Lankan authorities today grappled with the paucity of safe drinking water in flood-hit regions. They appealed for public assistance in cleaning up wells contaminated during the country's worst torrential rains in 14 years that has claimed 183 lives.

Cyclone Mora made landfall in Bangladesh today, bringing winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour and damaging houses. The authorities evacuated at least three lakh people from Bangladesh's coastal areas.

South monsoon rains arrived at the Kerala coast and the Northeast today in line with the India Meteorological Department or IMD forecast, a source in the weather office said.

Bangladesh has evacuated at least 350,000 people as a cyclone lashed coastal areas on Tuesday, officials said, causing havoc in refugee camps set up for Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in neighbouring Myanmar.

Cyclone Mora hit the coast of Bangladesh between Cox's Bazaar and the city of Chittagong around 6 am local time today, news agency Agence France-Presse reported quoting Bangaldesh's meteorological department.

Bangladesh today launched a massive evacuation campaign along its southern coastline as severe cyclonic storm 'Mora' is expected to hit the shoreline early tomorrow.

Mizoram government issued a warning today that cyclone 'Mora' accompanied by a thunderstorm and very heavy rainfall is likely to lash the state on May 30 and 31.

Rescuers in Sri Lanka today pulled out more bodies buried in the mudslides triggered by the country's worst torrential rains in 14 years, taking the number of deaths to 164. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said 104 people are still missing while 88 remain in hospital.