Millioner ventes påvirket af den kraftige tropestorm og burmeserne udsender nu stormvarsler hver halve time og får folk væk fra de mest truede områder – i Bangladesh – naturkatastrofernes asiatiske holdeplads – er man også i højt beredskab.
BANGKOK, 13 May 2013 (IRIN): Bangladesh and Burma are bracing for Cyclone Mahasen, a storm which could affect millions in the region, the UN has warned.
“We are fully prepared and coordination systems are in place,” Mohammad Abdul Wazed, additional secretary of the Bangladesh Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, told IRIN on 13 May from Dhaka.
He noted that local disaster management committees at district and sub-district level had already been activated.
“Starting Sunday, we have been broadcasting storm warnings every 30 minutes,” said Burma’s presidential spokesman Ye Htut, adding:
“As a precautionary effort, some people in low-lying areas of Rakhine State have already relocated.”
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), a red storm alert remains in effect for Mahasen, also known as tropical Cyclone O1B, just east-northeast of Sri Lanka, now moving northwards across the Bay of Bengal towards both countries.
Set to reach land on 16 May, the storm is expected to strike just south of the Bangladesh port city of Chittagong, but could, depending upon its final trajectory (bane), bring life-threatening conditions for millions of people in northeast India, Bangladesh and Burma’s Rakhine State, OCHA warned on 12 May.
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