The death toll following tropical storm Freddy has risen to at least 447 in hard-hit Malawi, where President Lazarus Chakwera has declared a two-week period of mourning and closed schools in affected areas through the end of the month. Another 282 people were still missing as of Saturday, according to…
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Tropical storm Freddy continues to impact Malawi with flooding rains and mudslides that have claimed some 200 lives, although some improvement in storm conditions is forecast by Wednesday evening. “However, the threat of flooding remains high in some areas,” warned the country’s Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services in…
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Tropical Cyclone Freddy has made its second landfall in Mozambique, hitting the Zambezi region with extreme rainfall and winds as agencies in neighboring Malawi keep a close eye on the forecast track. The storm’s winds measured at least 150 kilometers per hour as it approached the mainland. Météo France, reporting…
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Authorities in Mozambique say excessive rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Freddy continue to threaten the southern African nation, with the National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) forecasting rains of 200 millimeters through Monday in the Gaza, Manica, Inhambane, and Sofala. The storm’s landfall on Friday followed two weeks of…
Tropical cyclone Freddy made landfall on Madagascar Tuesday evening, arriving just north of Mananjary around 7:20 p.m. local time with damaging winds, heavy rain and seas reaching heights of more than six meters. Winds had weakened to 110 kilometers per hour (kph) with 155 km/h winds near the storm’s center,…
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