Kenneth may become the second Category 2-strength storm to hit Mozambique in the same year. This hasn't happened before.
Kenneth on final approach to Mozambique per the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast model. By Ian Livingston Ian Livingston Email Bio Follow April 24 at 12:21 PM Tropical Cyclone Kenneth, at hurricane strength and intensifying, is less than 24 hours from a devastating strike on northern Mozambique. It threatens to become the second destructive storm to make landfall in the nation in as many months.
While such storms are called tropical cyclones in the southern Indian Ocean, Idai and Kenneth are no different in function and form from hurricanes that strike U.S. shores. Warmer-than-normal water in the region and an ideal high-altitude ventilation pattern may allow for Kenneth to intensify even faster, increasing its destructive potential.
The region is ill suited for more rain as it continues to cope with the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, which struck southern parts of Mozambique about six weeks ago. While Idai focused its fury south of where Kenneth will come ashore, the disturbance that caused the cyclone delivered flooding to northern parts of the country, displacing thousands there first.
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