Africa: Another cyclone expected to hit Mozambique on Thursday By Reuters reuters
Weather forecasters say Cyclone Kenneth will bring heavy rainfall, strong winds and waves of several metres to the southern African nation, which is still reeling from the effects of devastating Cyclone Idai.
“It’s going to make landfall tomorrow afternoon in Cabo Delgado , on the northeastern coast of Mozambique, and it is going to be a cyclone with wind speeds which could be 140 km per hour ,” said Jan Vermeulen, from the South African Weather Service. Authorities in southern Tanzania ordered evacuations of residents from low-lying areas and the closure of some schools and offices before the cyclone makes landfall on Thursday.
Mozambique’s National Institute of Disaster Management said that about 682,500 people could be at risk from the storm in the northern Cabo Delgado and Niassa provinces. About 112,000 people were in areas where winds could be in excess of 120 km per hour, it said.
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