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Added on the 14/05/2023 10:07:11 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Heavy rains and high winds hit the city of Salalah in Oman as Cyclone Mekunu makes landfall. IMAGES
India's coastal town of Bakkhali is hit by strong winds and rains as Cyclone Remal makes landfall in West Bengal. IMAGES
An intense cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday, with nearly a million people fleeing inland for concrete storm shelters away from howling gales and crashing waves. IMAGES
Bangladeshis clean up their homes after Cyclone Mocha sweeps through, bringing down trees, tin roofs and damaging houses in the most powerful storm to hit the South Asian nation since 2007. Bangladesh authorities say there have been no reports of deaths from the cyclone so far. IMAGES
People take shelter at a school in Teknaf, the southern-most border town in Bangladesh, ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Mocha. Bangladeshi authorities had moved 190,000 people in Cox's Bazar and nearly 100,000 in Chittagong to safety ahead of the cyclonic storm. IMAGES