Mozambique hit again by Cyclone Freddy

This is the second time he hits the same place. Winds at 150 km/h and flooded streets, cyclone Freddy is sweeping Mozambique again, three weeks after its first passage. “It’s chaotic. I will have to find a way for my house with zinc plates, so that I can survive“, says Abibo Siade, a resident of Quelimane (Mozambique).

Record longevity

The cyclone has record longevity and an unpredictable trajectory. Formed in northern Australia more than a month ago, it crossed the Indian Ocean, before reaching Madagascar on February 21, then Mozambique on February 24. For the past week, it has been returning to these two areas . Today, 100,000 Mozambicans are still without electricity. 11 deaths are to be deplored, and 17 in Madagascar. Freddy has been ravaging the coasts of the Indian Ocean for 24 days, a duration rarely observed by meteorologists.