{"id":18032,"date":"2023-05-17T02:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bd.usembassy.gov\/?p=18032"},"modified":"2024-06-11T15:46:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:46:57","slug":"29736","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bd.usembassy.gov\/29736\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Provides Emergency Assistance for Cyclone Mocha Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"ga-title stacking-slide -section-background-color container-fluid internaltitle-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title alignwide internalpage container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"internal-title-header\" class=\"internal-title-header medium\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUnited States Provides Emergency Assistance for Cyclone Mocha Recovery \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n<section  class=\"ga-content-block stacking-slide white-section-background-color paragraphsection\">\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container meta-info-top\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-drop-shadow aligncenter wp-image-18033 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bd.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-17-at-8.06.38-AM-750x450-1.jpeg\" alt=\"The United States\u00a0is providing $250,000\u00a0to assist Cyclone Mocha emergency relief efforts in areas most severely affected by the storm.\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bd.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-17-at-8.06.38-AM-750x450-1.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/bd.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-17-at-8.06.38-AM-750x450-1-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bd.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-17-at-8.06.38-AM-750x450-1-175x105.jpeg 175w, https:\/\/bd.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-17-at-8.06.38-AM-750x450-1-200x120.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"en\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Dhaka, May 17, 2023\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"en\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013\u00a0The United States\u00a0is providing $250,000\u00a0to assist Cyclone Mocha emergency relief efforts in areas most severely affected by the storm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe people of the United States stand with the people of Bangladesh and the Rohingya refugees\u00a0affected by the cyclone,\u201d\u00a0said U.S. Ambassador Peter Haas.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"en\" data-contrast=\"auto\">On May 14, Cyclone Mocha moved through the Bay of Bengal making landfall in Burma\u00a0and Bangladesh,\u00a0affecting over nearly half a million Bangladeshis\u00a0living in coastal areas of southeastern Bangladesh\u00a0and almost one million\u00a0Rohingya\u00a0in\u00a0refugee camps.\u00a0 The storm was one of the strongest in recent years causing significant tidal surges, heavy rain, and wind speeds of up to 140 kilometers per hour in Bangladesh,\u00a0resulting in widespread wind damage, flooding, and landslides.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"en\" data-contrast=\"auto\">The United States has worked closely with Bangladesh to improve disaster preparedness and response over the past five decades of partnership.\u00a0 Through the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. government has built 900 multi-purpose disaster shelters in the most vulnerable areas of Bangladesh since 2001 and invested in early warning systems that keep hundreds of thousands of people safe from cyclones, flooding,\u00a0and other emergencies.\u00a0 The United States is\u00a0also\u00a0the largest contributor to Rohingya refugee relief efforts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":904,"featured_media":18033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[3550,3756,3758,3292],"locations_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-18032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cyclone","tag-emergency-assistance","tag-natural-disasters","tag-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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