The storm picked up juice quickly over unusually warm waters and hit Myanmar with devastating force.
At least six people are dead, 700 injured, and huge swathes of a city have been destroyed afterCyclone Mocha reached wind speeds of 175 miles per hour before making landfall on Sunday, making it a Category 5 storm and putting it in a first-place tie with the most intense storm to form over the North Indian Ocean. The tie is with Cyclone Fani, which in 2019 killed 90 people and caused $1.81 billion in damages in India and Bangladesh after it made landfall.
Mocha weakened a bit before making landfall, thanks to factors like cooler water and drier air, Yale Climate Connections —but was still clocking wind speeds at 155 miles per hour . According to Yale, these wind speeds put the storm on par with the second-strongest cyclone to make landfallThe Myanmar military has declared the entirety of the coastal state of Rakhine a disaster area; up to 90% of the capital, Sittwe, has been destroyed, the BBC
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