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- Cyclone Mocha made landfall between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and Myanmar's Sittwe.
- Yemen suggested the name 'Mocha', which is supposed to be pronounced as Mokha.
- The cyclone has been named after a Red Sea port city known for its coffee production.
- The city also gave its name to the popular beverage, café Mocha.
- Cyclone Mocha is the most powerful storm to hit Bangladesh since Cyclone Sidr.
- Sidr hit Bangladesh's southern coast in November 2007, killing more than 3,000 people and causing billions of dollars in damage.
- Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta in 2008, killing at least 138,000 people.
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