Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Mocha, May 2023, Myanmar
Extremely severe cyclonic storm Mocha made landfall as a Category 4-equivalent cyclone in the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale on Sunday May 14, 2023, at 07:07 UTC (14:07 local time) around Sittwe city, the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar. Given the fragile and conflict-affected situation with limited access in Myanmar, the World Bank has adopted the Global RApid post-disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) methodology to estimate damages arising from Cyclone Mocha. GRADE is a remote, desktop analysis to estimate damage to capital stock. This report summarizes the results of the GRADE conducted to assess damages following the impact of Extremely severe cyclonic storm Mocha in Myanmar during May 2023.
Main Author: | World Bank |
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Format: | Report biblioteca |
Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2024-01-19
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Subjects: | CYCLONIC STORM, GRADE METHODOLOGY, RAKHINE STATE, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099010224055035000/P181332176c81f04b1b8af19904a6c281b0 https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40921 |
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