Mozambicans are bracing for more heavy rains as another tropical cyclone gathers pace in the Indian Ocean and tracks towards the southeastern African coastline.
The National Institute of Meteorology has warned that Tropical Cyclone Freddy could make landfall in Mozambique by February 24.
Tropical Cyclone Freddy was spotted in the eastern Indian Ocean in early February and is now making its way towards the eastern part of Africa.
Weather experts said the cyclone had as of Sunday strengthened to a very intense tropical cyclone category, equivalent to a category 5 hurricane.
It has been predicted that the cyclone would make its first landfall in Madagascar on Tuesday and is then expected to re-enter the Mozambican Channel where it is expected to rejuvenate its energy and progress towards the Mozambican coastline.
It is expected to make landfall near the Mozambican city of Beira in the early hours of Friday.
This would be the second cyclone to hit Mozambique this year following Cyclone … that pummelled parts of the country in late January.
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