Intense rains and winds started to lash parts of Mozambique as Tropical Cyclone Freddy bore down on the country for the second time as many weeks, authorities said. Freddy, which is on track to become the longest-lasting cyclone on record, slowed its advance towards the southern African nation and was 60 kilometres off the coast on Saturday morning, according to Mozambique National Meteorology Institute (INAM).
“Heavy rains and very strong winds” were affecting the central provinces of Zambezia, Manica and Sofala, it added.
The cyclone was expected to make a second landfall in Mozambique later this weekend, after a first deadly hit in late February.
— AFP
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