Mozambique hit by new cyclone; 3 dead, flooding feared
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April 26, 2019
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The second powerful cyclone to rip into Mozambique in just six weeks stunned residents Friday in a region where such storms had not been recorded in the modern era. Three deaths were reported from Cyclone Kenneth and the U.N. warned of "massive flooding" ahead.
Kenneth had maximum sustained winds of 220 kph (136 mph), equal to a Category 4 hurricane, before it made landfall Thursday evening in far northern Mozambique, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said.
It was the first time in recorded history that the southern African nation has been hit by two cyclones in one season,...
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