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Storm Filipo: Gaza and Maputo warned to brace for heavy rain as from today – INAM
3:00 CAT | 12 Mar 2024
Pictured: Inhambane province today. [Image via @AllexandreMZ/X]
Tropical Storm ‘Filipo’ could start affecting the province of Maputo from the end of today, after hitting the provinces of Sofala and Inhambane since Monday evening. The National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) says the weather system will depart Mozambique on Thursday.
After evolving into a severe tropical storm, ‘Filipo’ is already raising alarm. In Inhambane, where the storm landed, there was destruction of houses, schools, electrical infrastructure and trees.
According to INAM, the system caused heavy rainfall, with more than 150 millimetres in the last 12 to 18 hours.
“The system will continue to evolve, in such a way that it will also move progressively and is already influencing the weather in Gaza province, and this influence will continue over the next 12 and 24 hours,” explained INAM meteorologist Telmo Sumila.
The province of Maputo will see heavy rain from the end of today.
“Nevertheless, we already have some records of very light rain due to the approaching system. In general, what we expect, after this system enters Maputo province, is that it will move to the sea region, leaving over the north of Maputo province and the south of Gaza province from the 14th,” he said.
INAM recommends taking precautionary and safety measures appropriate to strong winds and rain.
READ: Vilankulo: Houses and public buildings affected as Filipo makes landfall in Mozambique
🇲🇿 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 | Tropical 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺 #𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗼 makes landfall in southern #Mozambique. @WFP & partners are on the ground coordinating efforts to deliver life-saving assistance to those impacted.
A sneak peek into the first images @BBCBreaking, @AFP https://t.co/TWHXTDP739 pic.twitter.com/R3qswoF2Vg
— WFP Media (@WFP_Media) March 12, 2024
Carro é arrastado e capota, árvores 🌴 caem e ruas ficam intransitáveis, na sequência dos ventos fortes da tempestade severa #Filipo. O sistema poderá sair do continente na quinta-feira através da fronteira entre as províncias de #Maputo e #Gaza. #Mozambique pic.twitter.com/6QJ6o5YeuD
— Alexandre Nhampossa (@AllexandreMZ) March 12, 2024
Imagery via Europe’s #Meteosat9 🛰️ is helping track Tropical Cyclone #Filipo on the other side of the world. It made landfall in Mozambique, Africa, as a severe tropical storm early this morning and is tracking southwestward over the nation. pic.twitter.com/WDrfo05fBD
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) March 12, 2024
Source: O País
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