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Tropical Cyclone Mocha in the Bay of Bengal

Image captured May 11, 2023, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi-NPP satellite.

 
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True color corrected reflectance image of Tropical Cyclone Mocha on May 11, 2023. This image was acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite. 

The storm was forecasted to move in a northwesterly direction and make landfall south of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border after a few days. View Tropical Cyclone Mocha in Worldview.

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Reference: Livingston, I. Cyclone Mocha forming in the Bay of Bengal, with a disastrous landfall likely. The Washington Post. Accessed May 11, 2023.

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May 13, 2025

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May 11, 2023