Reports

May 17, 2013 by Jim Stipe Initial reports of damage from Tropical Storm Mahasen indicate that destruction is serious, but less severe than expected earlier in the week. The tropical storm, downgraded from a cyclone as it…

May 16, 2013 (Bangladesh) – World Concern is responding with emergency food, and plans for shelter and livelihood assistance, in coastal areas of Bangladesh after towns in the Kalapara municipality were battered by Cyclone Mahasen on…

Tropical Cyclone Mahasen, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm, made landfall in Bangladesh on the morning of 16 May (local time), bringing strong winds and heavy rains to Chittagong and surrounding districts. On its…

Highlights The coast crossing cyclonic storm “MAHASEN” weakened by giving precipitation, moved northeastwards and crossed Noakhali- Chittagong coast at 04 pm today (the 16 may 2013) and now lies over Sitakunda, Feni, Khagrachari region of Bangladesh and…

by Khaza Uddin, Save the Children in Bangladesh Thursday 16 May, 2.30pm BST: Communication and transportation have been disrupted, cutting off several communities in the south of Bangladesh. At least 25 villages in Patuakhali District were flooded…

DHAKA, 16 May 2013 (IRIN) - Some 50,000 volunteers in coastal communities across southern Bangladesh are out and about warning people to move to higher ground ahead of Cyclone Mahasen. Hundreds of thousands of people have…

DHAKA/YANGON (May 15, 2013) — As Tropical Cyclone Mahasen moves across the Bay of Bengal towards Bangladesh and Myanmar, the humanitarian organization CARE is preparing to provide emergency assistance to affected communities in both countries. The…

As Tropical Cyclone Mahasen travels north-east through the Bay of Bengal, humanitarian agency World Vision is prepared to mount a relief response across vulnerable areas in Bangladesh, Myanmar, India and Sri Lanka. The cyclone’s current path…

1 . Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) Response Coordination Centre has been activated round the clock. The coordination centre is in close contact with its coastal district branches with regard to alerting and updating/sharing the preparatory…

Sunday, 12 May 2013. The Bangladeshi meteorological department announced that Mahasen, the first cyclone of the season, was heading towards the south coast of the country. Slowly but surely the eye of the storm attracted the clouds…