Myanmar issues code red weather warning

24 October 2016
Myanmar issues code red weather warning

A large tropical depression in the northern Bay of Bengal is moving towards the Myanmar coast, prompting the issuance of a code red weather warning for the Ayeyawady Delta and the southern part of the Rakhine coast by the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, state media reported on 24 October.
Winds of up 45 miles per hour may batter the two regions, the weather bureau said, with winds of up to 30 to 35 miles per hour possible for the Yangon Region.
The depression will track northeast towards Myanmar through Sunday before curving northwest towards Bangladesh, according to the weather bureau.