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Cyclone Mahasen makes landfall "destroying thousands of homes"

Cyclone Nilam (Photo - NASA)

The first tropical cyclone in the Northern Indian Ocean this season, Tropical Cyclone Mahasen, made landfall northwest of Chittagong, Bangladesh, at about 6am UTC on Thursday, May 16.

According to modelling firm AIR Worldwide, the storm delivered torrential rain of about 250mm and maximum sustained winds of up to 100 km/h (60 mph) as it came ashore, destroying thousands of poorly

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