The government of Mauritius has placed the Indian Ocean island nation under a Class III warning as Tropical Cyclone Calvinia passes near the island, bringing with it rain, heavy winds and seas. The latest advisory from the Mauritius Meteorological Services, issued at 1 a.m. Tuesday, put the center of the…
A tropical cyclone that barreled into the Mozambique Channel now has intensified into a major storm with winds of 167 kilometers per hour, and gusts of 200 km/h, as it heads toward a likely landfall in Madagascar. Cyclone Belna was no longer a threat to Mayotte as of late Sunday,…
It’s not a powerful storm, but Cyclone Pawan was poised to make an imminent landfall in Somalia early Saturday morning in a region already hard-hit this year by storms and flooding. The storm was forecast to bring winds of 55 to 65 kilometers per hour, with gusts to 75 km/h,…
It’s not a powerful storm, but Cyclone Pawan – now forecast to make landfall in Somalia – continues to churn toward the coast in a region already hard-hit this year by storms and flooding. The storm, located about 360 kilometers south-southeast of Socotra Island on Thursday, was moving west at…
Forecasters are calling for Tropical Cyclone Kyarr, now spinning in the Arabian Sea, to travel the southern edge of the Gulf of Aden before making landfall on the Horn of Africa. That’s posing a wind and potential flooding threat to Puntland and Somaliland, with rains pushing into Ethiopia and Kenya…
Just over a month since areas of the country were laid waste by Cyclone Idai—the deadliest cyclone to hit southern Africa in more than a century— a new natural disaster has struck Mozambique. Cyclone Kenneth made landfall with wind speeds of 220km per hour, killing hundreds and devastating infrastructure, buildings…
Monica is a freelance journalist based in Kenya
The rain keeps falling in Mozambique, where the government confirmed 38 fatalities and 39 injuries linked to Cyclone Kenneth and the flooding in its aftermath. The rain continues to inundate Cabo Delgado province and parts of Nampula. Last week’s storm came into Cabo Delgado at landfall as a strong cyclone…
Mozambique continues to deal with the effects of tropical storm Kenneth, which is dumping heavy rain across Cabo Delgado province and parts of Nampula and Zambevia. The storm came into Cabo Delgado at landfall as a strong cyclone with winds of 220 kilometers per hour, but has since stalled over…
As if the southern African nation of Mozambique wasn’t already facing enough of a challenge in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, now Cyclone Kenneth is bearing down on the impoverished southeast African nation. The storm’s position on Thursday was some 167 kilometers northwest of Comoros, and it rapidly intensified into…
*Update: The tropical storm warning for Madeira was discontinued Saturday afternoon.* It finally happened early Friday morning. After wandering in the Atlantic Ocean for nearly three weeks, and frustrating meteorologists for about as long, the tropical cyclone Leslie moved far enough east to warrant a tropical storm warning for Madeira…
At least 17 people are dead on Madagascar after a tropical cyclone struck the Indian Ocean island nation at the weekend. A total of 15,000 people have been affected by Eliakim, a storm that caused widespread flooding of more than 1,200 homes and completely destroyed at least 600 more, the…
Tropical Cyclone Ava continued to track west-southwest across Madagascar’s eastern coast, where meteorologists reported a landfall near Toamasina on Friday. Meteo Madagascar placed a red alert for the storm in parts of the country, asking local authorities and citizens to make preparations. That warning extends for the communities along the central eastern…
Powerful tropical cyclone Enawo, which made landfall near Antalaha Tuesday as an intense and destructive storm, continued Wednesday to affect the island nation of Madagascar. At 7 a.m. local time, the slow-moving storm – which is tracking farther inland than originally forecast – continued to make its way south in…
Tropical cyclone Enawo continues to track westward towards Madagascar, where meteorologists expect a landfall on Tuesday. Meteo Madagascar placed a red alert for the storm, asking local authorities and citizens to make preparations. That warning extends for the communities along the northeast shore, including Antalaha and Sambava. A yellow alert remains…