Cyclone Idai killed nearly 1000 people. Cyclone Kenneth threatens the same region of Africa. Will the world pay attention this time?
On April 24 at 5 a.m. EDT Tropical cyclone Kenneth was located near 10.9 degrees south latitude and 45.7 east longitude. That is 148 nautical miles east-northeast of Comoros Island. Kenneth was moving to the west. Maximum sustained winds had increased to 70 knots making Kenneth hurricane-strength.Where is Kenneth expected to go?
"Mozambique averages about 1.5 tropical cyclones a year and, although rarely more powerful than Category 2, they can cause a lot of damage, said Corene Matyas."This means that a category 3 storm is bearing down on a region that just took multiple hits from winds and flooding associated with Idai. To give you some perspective on just how bad things already are in Mozambique,
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