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Record-breaking storm wreaks havoc in southern Africa

CYCLONE FREDDY

Before this weekend, cyclone Freddy was the Earth’s longest-lived tropical storm. As Freddy made landfall in central Mozambique on Sunday for a second time in the space of a few weeks, lashing a stretch of southern Africa with heavy rains and winds, it may also have solidified its status as one of the strongest tropical cyclones observed in the southern hemisphere.

That’s the growing assessment of the world’s meteorological community. Freddy emerged on February 6 off the coasts of Indonesia and Western Australia,

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