- According to experts Mocha is the strongest cyclone on earth so far in this year.
- It has been categorized as an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and as a ‘Super Cyclone’ by global weather website Zoom Earth.
- Mocha became the strongest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean, including for all seasons and in both Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, since 1982.
- The centre of the Cyclone Mocha made landfall in Myanmar’s Rakhine state near Sittwe.
- Earlier the cyclone passed over Bangladesh’s Saint Martin Island.
SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB