Powerful Tropical Cyclone Nargis slammed Myanmar (Burma) Friday to Friday night as it roared ashore from the Bay of Bengal. At landfall, which occurred late in the afternoon, local time, near Cape Negrais, Nargis wielded maximum sustained winds around 130 mph and peak gusts of 150-160 mph; this made it a strong Category 3 or minimal Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. In any case, Nargis almost certainly produced severe damage and destruction at the point it reached land and along its inland path. Indeed, the cyclone was forecast to maintain hurricane strength as it crossed the Ayeyarwady Delta on its way toward Yangon (Rangoon), the national capital, Friday night to Saturday. Along with powerful winds, the storm also unloaded torrential, flooding rain.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Donn Washburn
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