Mora hits Bangladesh: Over 100 homes damaged in Cox’s Bazar

More than 100 homes were damaged as cyclone Mora hit the shores of Bangladesh on Tuesday morning, packing winds of up to 135 kilometres per hour. 

The storm made landfall on the coast between Cox`s Bazar and the main port city of Chittagong at 6 am, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in a special weather bulletin.

On Monday, a massive evacuation campaign was launched, as the Met department had issued the highest level of warning signal in a scale of 10 for two maritime ports in the country.

Fishing boats and trawlers have been advised to remain in shelters as well.

The Bay of Bengal is prone to storms, and Bangladesh is often hit by severe weather during its rainy monsoon season from the middle to the end of the year.