Heavy rains and winds lashed parts of Mozambique on Saturday as Tropical Cyclone Freddy hit the country for the second time in two weeks, authorities and aid agencies said.
, made its second landfall near the eastern seaport of Quelimane at around 10:00 pm .
Heavy rains and strong winds started to batter the area in the morning, according to the Mozambique National Meteorology Institute . "We saw people with water in their houses, wading through knee-deep water. And that's just with this initial bit of rain."The storm was expected to drop up to 400 millimetres of rain over the next few days, more than twice the usual monthly rainfall.
It crossed the entire southern Indian Ocean and battered Madagascar from February 21, crossing the island before reaching Mozambique on February 24.
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