Hurricane “Mokko” took life of 5 residents of Myanmar

The victims of the hurricane “Mokko”, which fell on the coast of Bangladesh and Myanmar, became five people, more than 700 were injured. A powerful cyclone provoked floods and a squall wind.

Humanitarian structures operating in Arakan in Myanmar reported that the residents of the region were saved from floods on the right floors of high -rise buildings.

According to local media, the wind speed reached 209 km/h in places, during the search and rescue works, the bodies of five people were found.

Meanwhile, in the report of the Military Administration of Myanmar, it is said that the squalling wind caused damage to the buildings and damaged the power lines, and some of the buildings demolished the roof. The process of evacuation of residents of some areas continues.

The population was called to stay away from the coastal sites.

, according to estimates, the number of evacuated to Bangladesh exceeded 700 thousand people.

Nargis in Myanmar in 2008 became 135 thousand people.