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   May 18, 2023 - Flooding in Myanmar   
      
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      Tropical Cyclone Mocha brought destruction, power outages, landslides,   
      and flooding to Myanmar after making landfall near Sittwe in Rakhine   
      state on March 14, 2023. The storm came ashore carrying winds of 130   
      miles per hour (209 km/h), placing it in Category 4 on the   
      Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Within 24 hours, Mocha had   
      weakened to a tropical depression well inland.   
      
      On May 17, ReliefWeb an electronic publication by the United Nations   
      Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), reported,   
      “One of the strongest storms to hit Myanmar in decades has left aid   
      agencies battling flooding and blocked roads to provide life-saving aid   
      to affected communities…Almost 5.4 million people across Rakhine state   
      and the northwest are estimated to have been in the path of Cyclone   
      Mocha, which devastated homes, schools and vital infrastructure.”   
      Bangladesh, located west of Myanmar, also sustained damage although not   
      as severe as Rakhine state and northwestern Myanmar.   
      
      Due to widespread power outages, inaccessibility of many areas, and   
      issues caused by civil unrest, early estimates of damage in Myanmar are   
      limited. The number of people repeated killed due to the storm by news   
      media, as of May 17, was as high as 202. However, there is concern that   
      “hundreds” may have perished.   
      
      On May 17, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on   
      NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a false-color image of the western   
      coast of Myanmar inundated from extensive flooding from Tropical   
      Cyclone Mocha. This type of image uses infrared and visible light to   
      help separate vegetation, which appears green, from water, which looks   
      blue or black (deeper water is darker). To appreciate the extent of   
      flooding, click on the dates below the image to toggle between this   
      image and another Terra MODIS false-color image captured of the same   
      area on May 8, which was well before Mocha began to impact the area.   
      
      The city of Sittwe sits just north and west of the center of the image,   
      on a squared-off island that appears much like a peninsula on May 8. It   
      has been completely cut off from the mainland and much reduced in size   
      on May 17. Tropical Cyclone Mocha passed north of Sittwe, moving   
      towards the northeast and inland.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 5/17/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (179.4 KB),  500m (369.8 KB),  250m (227.7   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 7,2,1   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-05-18   
       
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