JOHANNESBURG – The second powerful cyclone to strike Mozambique in just six weeks ripped off roofs and killed at least three people on Friday as…
JOHANNESBURG – The second powerful cyclone to strike Mozambique in just six weeks ripped off roofs and killed at least three people on Friday as the United Nations warned of “massive flooding” ahead.
Cyclone Kenneth approached Mozambique with maximum sustained winds of 220 kph (136 mph), the power of a Category 4 hurricane, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said.
Over the next 10 days, the storm is expected to dump twice as much rain as Cyclone Idai did last month, World Food Program spokesman Herve Verhoosel said. Idai killed more than 600 people and displaced tens of thousands.
This is the first time in recorded history that the southern African nation has been hit by two cyclones in one season, the U. N. said.
Kenneth made landfall Thursday night in a part of Mozambique that hasn’t seen such a fierce storm in at least 60 years, forecasters said, renewing concerns about climate change and the country’s vulnerable, 2,400-kilometer (1,500-mile) Indian Ocean coastline.
