Cyclone Freddy swipes across Mozambique

(24 Feb 2023)
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Vilankulos, Mozambique - 24 February 2023
1. Wide of tree blown onto ground by strong winds caused by Cyclone Freddy
2. Various of school roof on ground after being blown off by strong winds
3. Tilt down of structural remains to wet classroom floor
4. Wide of women, men and children sheltered at primary school
5. Mid of women holding children
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Alberto Huo, Vilankulos resident:
"It was a very strong and frightening wind. We were scared and it didn't sit well with us."
7. Close of rain from roof
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Pedro Nhamire, Vilankulos resident:
"I arrived here at 9am due to the cyclone. The cyclone, we don't know where it comes from, we only saw winds. So we are asking the government for help."
9. Wide of roof blown away by strong winds
10. Various of trees blowing in wind
STORYLINE:
Tropical Cyclone Freddy dropped “dangerous and exceptional rainfall levels” over Mozambique on Friday as the long-lasting weather system continued to wreak havoc across southern Africa, the United Nations weather agency said.

Freddy made landfall in the coastal town of Vilanculos with wind speeds of 113 kilometers (70 miles) and is now classified as an “intense tropical cyclone” after picking up speed over the Mozambique channel.

A roof was blow off a primary school in Vilankulos, leaving a classroom flooded as Freddy swept across the town with locals describing the winds as "frightening".

The cyclone is projected to weaken as it barrels through southern Africa but still poses serious risk of heavy rainfall to the neighbouring nations of Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi and Botswana, according to the regional weather centre in Reunion.

“There is a potential risk that months’ worth of rainfall may fall in the space of a few days, causing widespread flooding in an area which already has saturated soils and high river basin levels from unusually heavy seasonal rains,” the UN weather agency warned in a statement.

Freddy had waned slightly when it plowed through Madagascar on Tuesday night, killing at least four people and displacing more than 16,000, before regaining strength over the ocean on Wednesday night and on Thursday.

AP video shot by Yur Girão Samuel

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