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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Ruma Paul and Sudarshan Varadhan

Bangladesh rocked by power cuts as cyclone hits gas supply

People move fallen trees from a road at Shah Porir Dwip after the landfall of cyclone Mocha in Teknaf, Bangladesh, May 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jibon Ahmed

Bangladesh faced its worst power cuts in over seven months as a deadly storm forced the closure of both its floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, less than a month after a scorching heatwave caused widespread outages in the south Asian country.

Cyclone Mocha, one of the strongest storms to hit the region in years, made landfall in Myanmar, south of Bangladesh, at the weekend.

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