AkaSci 🛰️<p>This area between Bangladesh and Myanmar is about to get hit by tropical cyclone Mocha, with wind speeds over 213 km/h (Cat 4) at landfall.<br>Besides the local population, this area houses close to a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, who live in abject poverty in makeshift dwellings.<br>The waters in the Bay of Bengal are currently around 30°C, about 2°C warmer than average for May.<br>Hope the international community is ready to help.<br><a href="https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mocha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mocha</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Cyclone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyclone</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Rohingya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rohingya</span></a><br>1/n</p>