Cyclone Freddy: the tropical storm that refuses to die
churning off the coast of Madagascar and expected to make landfall for a second time in Mozambique on Saturday — packing winds of as much as 190km/h — appears to have smashed another record.
Tropical cyclones — also called hurricanes or typhoons in other regions — are a typical occurrence in the southern hemisphere, usually between November and April. Freddy, which earned its name when it was still just a few hundred kilometers off the northwest coast of Australia, has proved more lasting.As it prepares to bear down on Mozambique, Freddy has now surpassed the lifespan of Hurricane John, which moved through the eastern and western Pacific Ocean over 31 days in 1994.
Freddy had already made the history books, including by having the highest accumulated energy of any storm seen in the southern hemisphere, a measure of its total wind strength over its lifespan. It’s also brought around three times the monthly average of rainfall to Madagascar in the last week, according to the WMO.
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