Freddy to hit Southern Africa again, likely to break cyclone record

Mozambique floods

Residents push a car through the floods in Mazive, southern Mozambique, on April 28, 2019.Tropical Storm Freddy is due to hit the coast of Southern Africa again on March 11, 2023. PHOTO | EMIDIO JOSINE | AFP

Tropical Storm Freddy is due to hit the coast of Southern Africa again on March 11, 2023, after killing at least 21 people in Mozambique and Madagascar when it first made a landfall last month.

The storm is on track to break the record of longest-lasting tropical cyclone currently held by a 31-day hurricane in 1994, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).