A powerful cyclone battered the coast of Myanmar Sunday, causing widespread destruction and leaving at least three people dead, officials there say.
Cyclone Mocha made landfall Sunday afternoon near Sittwe township along Myanmar’s western coast with maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour, tearing roofs off of homes and buildings, leaving some people trapped in low-lying areas of the Southeast Asian country.it was Myanmar's"strife-torn Rakhine State that bore the brunt of the storm."
More than 850 houses, 64 schools, 14 health facilities and seven communication towers were destroyed or damaged, the news service said, citing state-run television. At least three deaths were reported.Thethat more than 4,000 of Sittwe's residents were evacuated to other cities, and roughly 20,000 people were"sheltering in sturdy buildings such as monasteries, pagodas and schools located on the city's highlands.
Cyclones are essentially the weather phenomenon as hurricanes and typhoons, with the only difference being where they form. Cyclones form over the South Pacific and Indian Oceans; typhoons form over the northwestern Pacific Ocean; hurricanes form over the North Atlantic and northeast Pacific Oceans.In 2008, Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar’s southern coast, killing at least 138,000 people.
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