RECORD BREAKER: Freddy began its existence on the other side of the Indian Ocean, near Indonesia, and has survived multiple landfalls.
Tropical Cyclone Freddy has been around for 30 days, and on Thursday it will become the longest-lasting tropical system.The Australian Bureau of Meteorology began watching a tropical low on Jan. 30. On Feb. 6, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center declared it a tropical cyclone, giving it the name “Freddy.”
Freddy began its movement westward into the open waters of the Indian Ocean. The system began intensification and was classified as a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone.Freddy grew even stronger and was classified as a powerful Category 5 storm on Feb. 18.After traveling thousands of miles, Freddy neared the island of Madagascar, off the east coast of Africa.The storm was still a powerful Category 3 storm at landfall, with winds of 115 mph.Freddy made two landfalls earlier.
However, the system reorganized back into a tropical storm and has once again been upgraded to a tropical cyclone.Freddy is expected to make a second landfall in Mozambique late this week.With Freddy surviving its landfalls, it is widely expected the system will survive into late this week, making it the longest-lived tropical cyclone in recorded history.
It will break the long-standing record held by Hurricane John in 1994. John lasted 31 days in the Pacific Ocean.Other long-lasting hurricanes include the 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane and Hurricane Tina in 1994.The San Ciriaco hurricane lasted an estimated 28 days and devastated Puerto Rico. Tina lasted 24 days and stayed at sea in the eastern Pacific.
Freddy has been a remarkable tropical system and one that will likely be in the record books for many years to come.
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