It’s a sigh of relief for Bangladesh.

Thousands of people hunkered down yesterday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing the roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.

The very severe cyclonic storm Mocha moved north-northeastwards and crossed fully over the Bangladesh-Myanmar coast around 6:00pm this evening, weakening into a deep land depression near Sittwe in the neighbouring country

A total 2,826 shanties were damaged in Rohingya camps in Teknaf and Ukhiya of Cox's Bazar due to the impact of Cyclone Mocha, according to a report prepared by the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC)

People in St Martin’s Island are slowly returning to their homes leaving cyclone centres after Cyclone Mocha crossed the island causing less damage than feared

Nearly 13,000 houses in 57 unions and three municipality areas in Cox's Bazar were destroyed by Cyclone Mocha today.

The Chattogram port authorities today said they may resume port operations from tomorrow as no damage was reported in the port area following the landfall of cyclone Mocha..“We hope that the port operations will be resumed from tomorrow morning,” said Chattogram Port Secretary Omar Faruk.<

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the current power outages will reduce across the country in 2 days.

The whole system of Cyclone Mocha, which hit Bangladesh-Myanmar coast at 3:00pm, is likely to cross the coast by evening, Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in its latest bulletin.

Thousands of people hunkered down today in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing the roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.

Storm surges whipped up by a powerful cyclone moving inland from the Bay of Bengal inundated the Myanmar port city of Sittwe today, with winds of up to 210 kph (130 mph) ripping away tin roofs and bringing down a communications tower.

The “eye” or the centre point of most powerful cyclone Mocha in two decades made its landfall in south-eastern coastline ahead of the speculated timeline, making its way through the Naf River that divided Bangladesh and Myanmar..“The ‘eye’ or the centre point of the cyclone made its landfa

The wind speed in St Martin’s Island reached a maximum of 121 kilometres per hour at 2:00pm today as Cyclone Mocha was moving over the northeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas in a north-northeastwards direction.

As Cyclone Mocha approaches Teknaf, residents of Shah Porir Dwip were seen reinforcing their homes

There was no significant threat of a major tidal surge from Cyclone Mocha as of 1:00pm today.

The very severe cyclonic storm Mocha over the northeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas moved north-northeastwards over the same area with reduced wind speed

The very severe cyclonic storm Mocha started crossing Cox’s Bazar-north Myanmar coast, according to the latest bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

The risk of severe Cyclone Mocha has decreased for Bangladesh as the severe cyclonic storm is heading towards Myanmar, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department

Cyclone Mocha, classes as a severe cyclonic storm, is likely to make landfall between 12 noon and 3:00pm today, the Met office said

Under the influence of Cyclone Mocha, winds are getting stronger in St Martin's Island