![]() ![]() ![]() Hopkins already has waning eyesight, so she quickly grabbed her flashlight. She was listening to the news, hearing about the storm in Yukon, so she thought she was OK. She made sure Goodchild got inside, and then she went back to icing her banana bread. Watch Video: Norman tornado survivor recounts storm that destroyed her home Hopkins' phone rang, a call from the city of Norman warning residents to take shelter. Not wanting her extra bananas to go to waste, she decided to make banana bread.īy the time it came out of the oven, Goodchild had gone across the street to milk her goats. Sunday evening started like any other for Hopkins and her family - her two eldest daughters Teresa Elam, 64, and Karen Goodchild, 59, live next to and across the street from her - as Hopkins, Goodchild and her son, Paul, enjoyed a fruit salad together. “I’ve lost everything, but I am thankful, thankful that I’m here,” said Hopkins, tears welling in her eyes. Though the storm was forecasted days in advance, many said they didn’t get to their storm cellars or safe spaces because they thought they had more time. Hopkins is one of many Norman residents whose homes were devastated by the tornado –– many of whom told The Oklahoman they were taken by surprise. Tropical cyclones, which are called hurricanes or typhoons in other regions, are among the world’s most devastating natural disasters when they hit densely populated coastal areas.“God truly blessed me for that, because if you’ve seen my house, if I was sitting in the living room, I couldn’t have made it,” Hopkins said. “As long as oceans are warm and winds are favorable, cyclones will retain their intensity for a longer period,” Koll said. Cyclone Amphan in eastern India in 2020 continued to travel over land as a strong cyclone and caused extensive devastation. ![]() Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune city, said cyclones in the Bay of Bengal are becoming more intense more quickly, in part because of climate change.Ĭlimate scientists say cyclones can now retain their energy for many days. At least 138,000 people died and tens of thousands of homes and other buildings were washed away. In May 2008, Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar with a storm surge that devastated populated areas around the Irrawaddy River delta. agencies and aid workers in Bangladesh had prepositioned tons of dry food and dozens of ambulances in the refugee camps that house more than 1 million Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in Myanmar. Authorities had evacuated hundreds of thousands of people before the cyclone veered east.Ī Bangladesh government official, Enamur Rahman, said the damage was still being assessed, but that about 2,000 homes had been destroyed and 10,000 others were damaged on Saint Martin’s Island and Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar district.Ībout a dozen people were injured on Saint Martin’s Island, the Prothom Alo newspaper reported. Mocha largely spared the Bangladeshi city of Cox’s Bazar, which initially had been in the storm’s predicted path. Volunteers previously said shelters in Sittwe did not have enough food after more people arrived there seeking help. It said roofs were torn off buildings on the Coco Islands, about 425 kilometers (264 miles) southwest of the country’s largest city, Yangon. Myanmar’s military information office said the storm had damaged houses and electrical transformers in Sittwe, Kyaukpyu, and Gwa townships. ![]()
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