Cyclone Cheneso No Longer a Threat To Mozambique
Maputo, 27 Jan (AIM) – Tropical Cyclone Cheneso is no longer a threat to Mozambique, although its effects are being felt in coastal districts of the central provinces of Zambézia and Sofala and the southern province of Inhambane, with the occurrence of strong winds that are generating waves up to 12 metres tall.
According to a statement issued by the National Institute of Meteorology (INAM), the cyclone is moving south down the Mozambique Channel at a speed of seven kilometres per hour.
“The system, which formed on January 17 in the Indian Ocean, could become an extra-tropical depression in the next four days”, the document said, adding that “the phenomenon is in the Mozambique Channel, 100 kilometres off the West Coast of Madagascar, its epicentre is located at coordinates 20,00 degrees latitude and 42, 9 East longitude, with a maximum wind speed of 120 kilometres per hour and gusts of 165 kilometres per hour.”
In coastal areas, meanwhile, high winds of 120 kilometres per hour are still forecast.
Cheneso formed in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, over a week ago. As it passed over northern Madagascar, it was expected to dissipate. But instead, it entered the Mozambique Channel, and grew in strength. On Wednesday morning, Cheneso’s average wind speed was 75 knots (about 140 kilometres an hour).
(AIM)
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