Cyclone Freddy

Cyclone Freddy traveled nearly 5500 miles across the southern Indian Ocean and made a pair of landfalls in Madagascar and Mozambique at the end of February.

THAN WIND](https://www.foxweather.com/learn/water-from-hurricanes-tropical-storms-kills-more-in-us-than-wind) [HOW MANY CATEGORY 5 HURRICANES HAVE MADE LANDFALL IN THE U.S.?](https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/category-5-hurricane-hit) [Flooding](https://www.foxweather.com/category/flood) rain, damaging [winds](https://www.foxweather.com/category/wind) and [storm surge](https://www.foxweather.com/learn/water-from-hurricanes-tropical-storms-kills-more-in-us-than-wind) will all pose a serious threat to the country barely two weeks after Freddy came ashore the first time. [Earth](https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space). Like Freddy, Ioke peaked at Category 5-equivalent intensity, though its journey only lasted [17 days](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ioke). 21, then continued westward and made a rare landfall in the southern [African](https://www.foxweather.com/category/africa) country of Mozambique on Feb. [Cyclone Freddy turned deadly](https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/tropical-cyclone-freddy-indian-ocean-madagascar-southern-africa) as it crashed ashore in Madagascar on Feb. 18-19 – only the [20th tropical cyclone to do so](https://coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/#map=3.15/-24.24/87.35&search=eyJzZWFyY2hTdHJpbmciOiJTb3V0aCBJbmRpYW4gT2NlYW4gQmFzaW4iLCJzZWFyY2hUeXBlIjoiYmFzaW4iLCJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIjpbIkg1Il0sInllYXJzIjpbXSwibW9udGhzIjpbXSwiZW5zbyI6W10sInByZXNzdXJlIjp7InJhbmdlIjpbMCwxMTUwXSwiaW5jbHVkZVVua25vd25QcmVzc3VyZSI6dHJ1ZX0sImJ1ZmZlclVuaXQiOlsiTWlsZXMiXSwic29ydFNlbGVjdGlvbiI6eyJ2YWx1ZSI6InllYXJzX25ld2VzdCIsImxhYmVsIjoiWWVhciAoTmV3ZXN0KSJ9LCJhcHBseVRvQU9JIjpmYWxzZSwiaXNTdG9ybUxhYmVsc1Zpc2libGUiOnRydWV9) in the South Indian Ocean since 1989. Freddy was blamed for the [deaths of 21 people](https://apnews.com/article/cyclone-freddy-madagascar-mozambique-indian-ocean-567e39d3037f91602e79db68b2aaf89f) across both nations, the Associated Press reported. [forecast cone](https://www.foxweather.com/learn/what-is-cone-of-uncertainty-hurricane-forecasts-tropical-outlook) for Cyclone Freddy from the [U.S. That means Cyclone Freddy has likely tied the record for the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on Now, over a month after its formation off the coast of southern Indonesia, Freddy is likely to set a new world record for the longest-lasting tropical cyclone as it heads for another Mozambique landfall by Friday.

A storm that traveled across the South Indian Ocean and has already slammed three Southeast Africa nations is heading back for round two – and is set to ...

"In fact, it is one of only four systems that have crossed the southern Indian Ocean from east to west." Throughout Wednesday, between nearly 4 and 8 inches of rain are expected to accumulate on Madagascar, only adding to the above-normal rainfall the island's gotten in the past week, which is already three times the monthly average, WMO said. it was also the first tropical cyclone in that hemisphere to have four "separate rounds of rapid intensification." 21](https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/tropical-cyclone-freddy-hits-madagascar-and-mozambique), the NOAA agency said it hit at about the equivalent of a Category 3 cyclone. As of Wednesday, Tropical Cyclone Freddy is at the 30-day mark. The World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday that Tropical cyclone Freddy, which hit Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in February, is lashing the region again.

The Malagasy government said more than 40000 people have been affected and more than 14000 displaced since the cyclone returned to hit the island after ...

One person is still missing and more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed, the government said Tuesday. The Malagasy government said more than 40,000 people have been affected and more than 14,000 displaced since the cyclone returned to hit the island after following an unusual path. In total, at least 15 people have died in Madagascar since Freddy first hit at the end of February, bringing strong winds and torrential rains.

Deadly Tropical Cyclone Freddy is set to break records for the longest-lasting storm of its kind as it appears on course to hit Mozambique for a second time ...

While it is too early to say what impact the climate crisis has had on Cyclone Freddy, scientists have said that climate change is making these tropical storms Deadly Tropical Cyclone Freddy is set to break records for the longest-lasting storm of its kind as it appears on course to hit Mozambique for a second time, more than two weeks after the first. The WMO is monitoring whether Freddy will become the longest-lasting cyclone in the world, beating the current record which is held by Typhoon John, which lasted for 31 days in 1994.

The deadly storm has killed more than 20 people and displaced thousands of others during its record run.

21 before striking Mozambique three days later, per the WMO. [expressed concern](https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134267)Monday that heavy rainfall from the storm that's forecast to hit Malawi could worsen what's already the country's "deadliest cholera outbreak in its recorded history." [BBC reports](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64884106?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_medium=social&at_link_origin=BBCNews&at_campaign_type=owned&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_type=web_link&at_format=link&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_link_id=31745DB0-BD45-11ED-9597-3FE14744363C). [named storm](https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/tropical-cyclone-freddy-forms-off-wa-coast-with-three-further-possible-cyclones-brewing/news-story/ed8be1bebd1c6f9cd2469c169d541b38) off the Australia's northern coast on Feb. [per NASA](https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/tropical-cyclone-freddy-breaks-records-lashing-madagascar). [a statement](https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134262) Monday from Randall Cerveny, the World Meteorological Organization's rapporteur for weather and climate extremes.

Cyclone Freddy has been playing a game of pinball between Mozambique, Madagascar, and Indonesia, zig-zagging across the Indian Ocean. It's on track to...

“National workers are fluent in Portuguese, the official language of Mozambique, and they are faithful to the ministry even when hardships like flooding and cholera outbreak happen. Kaiser says, “Child Evangelism Fellowship workers have been able to continue in their 3-month training institute as flood waters threaten to submerge the access road. Lydia Kaiser, CEF spokesperson says, “Area churches and schools are housing displaced families and there’s news of yet another depression forming in the Indian Ocean.”

Still recovering from the effects of the first battering, Mozambique is bracing for a rare second hit by long-lived Tropical Cyclone Freddy.

Freddy appeared to have dissipated in recent days before it re-emerged, looping around the Mozambican Channel. The UN weather agency said Freddy was on course to become the longest-lived tropical cyclone in history after traversing the entire Indian Ocean for a month. A United Nations monitoring station on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion warned that Freddy will "gradually intensify to the stage of a tropical cyclone or even an intense tropical cyclone" over the Mozambique Channel before making landfall over the African nation late on Friday and into Saturday.

Cyclone Freddy, which was first spotted in Australia's Melbourne on 6 February, is all set to hit the southeastern African nation of Mozambique, days after ...

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Since forming off the coast of Australia on 6 February, tropical cyclone Freddy has crossed the Indian Ocean to Africa and could be declared the ...

This puts it in second place behind a tropical cyclone called Ioke that generated 85 units in 2006. Ritchie-Tyo says Freddy should finally dissipate this weekend. This is how many areas of Mozambique look like after cyclone Freddy. It has [Randall Cerveny](https://community.wmo.int/en/contacts/dr-randall-s-cerveny) at the WMO said in a [press release.](https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/tropical-cyclone-freddy-may-set-new-record) “We will obviously need to address if that is a concern in our evaluation.” The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is considering whether tropical cyclone Freddy should be named the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record as it clocks up its 32nd day.

Today's Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which has been churning in the Indian Ocean for more than a month.

As of March 8, 2023, the weakening storm was following a northwesterly track toward a likely second landfall in Mozambique – this time in the Zambezia province.” The previous record holder, Hurricane John, persisted for 31 days in the Central Pacific in 1994.” “The storm first developed off the North Australian coast on February 6, 2023, and then tracked across the entire Indian Ocean before striking the east coast of Madagascar on February 21, 2023,” says NASA.

The record-breaking Cyclone Freddy keeps coming back to life and is causing concern. | ITV National News.

[Met Office](/news/weather) tropical cyclone expert Julian Heming said: “Leon-Eline [the second longest ever recorded cyclone] and its associated flooding happened at the end of a very long, prolonged La Niña period which also produced flooding over Mozambique. It is rare for this to happen so many times," he added. One of the key things the WMO expert committee wants to look into is how Freddy has dropped in energy and then rapidly intensified six separate times, a first for a tropical cyclone in the southern hemisphere. WMO Weather and Climate Extremes spokesperson Professor Randall Cerveny, said: "Once the tropical cyclone has dissipated, these experts will begin a detailed examination of the raw data to determine if Freddy has indeed established a record as the longest-duration tropical cyclone on record. As Mozambique struggles to recover from the destruction of over 28,000 homes, Freddy is again gaining energy for a rare second hit on the country forecasted for Friday night, according to a regional weather centre. One of the key reasons Cyclone Freddy is causing so much interest is because no other tropical cyclone observed in the southern hemisphere has taken a path across the Indian Ocean in the past two decades.