Tropical Cyclone Gezani Slams Into Madagascar, Killing 9
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The SA Weather Service said it is closely monitoring moderate tropical storm Gezani, now located over the south-west Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar.
Track the path of Tropical Cyclone Mitchell and monitor wind speeds as the system approaches the Pilbara coast.
SAWS says Tropical Storm Gezani could strengthen near Madagascar and later enter the Mozambique Channel, but there is currently no threat to South Africa.
Tropical Cyclone Mitchell intensified into a severe Category 3 system overnight and has been tracking just offshore of the Pilbara coast. The Bureau of Meteorology’s 6 am AWST advisory placed the cyclone roughly 165 km north-northeast of Onslow and about 250 km northeast of Exmouth, moving slowly west southwest.
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