A few months after the Cyclone Idai disaster in Mozambique that claimed over 1000 lives, the country has been warned of another looming storm. Cyclone Kenneth is on track to be the second major weather system to hit storm-ravaged Mozambique in just over a month – it is not likely to cause anywhere near the amount of deaths or damage that Idai did, but it is expected to come onshore on Thursday afternoon with winds of 194 kilometres per hour gusting up to 240km/h, making its strength equivalent to a category three hurricane.
Before striking Mozambique, Kenneth will pass just to the north of the tiny island nation of Comoros on Wednesday evening, where authorities have shut down airports and schools for at least 24 hours. Tanzanian authorities have warned those living in the southern coastal regions of Lindi, Mtwara and Ruvuma to move to Safer ground ahead of the storm.
