Tropical cyclone Mocha intensified to become “very dangerous” on Friday, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated, warning of violent winds, floods and doable landslides in Bangladesh that might hit the world’s largest refugee camp.

The WMO’s Clare Nullis instructed a Geneva press briefing {that a} storm surge of 2-2.5 meters over the weekend was prone to inundate low-lying areas of North Myanmar in addition to elements of Bangladesh the place flash floods and landslides have been additionally doable.

“It’s a very dangerous cyclone and…it’s associated with violent winds,” she stated. “There will be major impacts both ahead and after landfall for potentially hundreds of thousands of the world’s most vulnerable people,” she added.

The cyclone is at the moment set to make landfall in Bangladesh on Sunday. While a direct hit isn’t anticipated, the storm’s path is about to have an effect on Bangladesh’s southeastern border district of Cox’s Bazar the place 1,000,000 Rohingya refugees dwell.

Most of them fled there after a military-led crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar in 2017.

U.N. refugee company spokesperson Olga Sarrado stated preparations have been underway for a partial evacuation of the camp, if wanted. The company was additionally making ready tens of hundreds of sizzling meals and jerrycans, she stated.

The World Health Organization stated it was pre-positioning some 33 cell medical groups, 40 ambulances in addition to emergency surgical procedure and cholera kits for the camp.

In Myanmar, the WHO was pre-positioning 500,000 water purification tablets amongst different provides which quantity to all the monsoon season shares.

“If this turns into the level of cyclone we fear, we really need to be ready,” the WHO’s Margaret Harris instructed the briefing.