Freddy, a tropical cyclone that has been beating the Indian Ocean for several days, has destroyed seven people as it swept through Madagascar.
It will make landfall in Mozambique on Friday as a moderate tropical storm, having since weakened significantly.
The Madagascar government announced in a statement on Thursday that the winds associated with the meteorological phenomena are blowing at an average speed of 65 km/h with gusts up to 90 km/h, bringing the Big Island death toll from five to seven.
Forecasters predicted that it will begin affecting the Mozambique coast overnight, between the north and south of the nation, before making landfall with its eye at 10 am GMT.
It has done significant harm in Madagascar. Four of the seven fatalities were drownings, while three more perished “as a result of a house collapse,” according to the disaster management agency.
At this time, nobody is missing. The most recent estimate indicates that 78,078 Malagasy have been impacted by the flooding, many of whom have been forced to evacuate their homes.
On Tuesday evening, Cyclone Freddy made ashore with gusts of about 130 km/h and torrential rain.
Every year, between November and April, during the cyclone season, about 10 storms or cyclones move over the southwest Indian Ocean.