Tropical Cyclone “Mocha”

We have our first cyclone in the Northern Indian Ocean, and it looks to hit Myanmar (Burma) as a strong Category 2 or weak Category 3 on Saturday. Here are the current views from the Himawari 9 and Space Force EWS1 Satellites as the storm organizes this morning …

While just a tropical storm at the moment, Mocha (IO012023) should intensify rapidly. Here is the TAOS/TC impact estimate based on the 5am ET JTWC forecast. On this track and forecast, Mocha could have over $1 Billion in impacts (PPP$), with over 4.5 Million people within the storm swath.

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