Tropical Cyclone Freddy, an unusually long-lived storm, wandered in the Indian Ocean for more than a month. For more than a month, Tropical Cyclone Freddy has cast about in the Indian Ocean, bringing powerful winds and downpours to anything in its long and wandering path. The storm first devel
before doubling back and nearly hit the west coast of Madagascar again. As of March 8, 2023, the weakening storm was following a northwesterly track toward a likely second landfall in Mozambique—this time in the Zambezia province.-20 satellite acquired this image of the storm at 1:10 p.m. local time on March 8, 2023. An infusion of dry air and the storm’s position over relatively cool waters meant Freddy was weakening and the eye had broken down when the image was acquired.
Over the course of Freddy’s 32-day journey, the World Meteorological Organization says the storm likely became the. The previous record holder, Hurricane John, persisted for 31 days in the Central Pacific in 1994. Meteorologists tracking Freddy’s accumulated cyclone energy —a metric that incorporates both intensity and duration—say the storm had an ACE of 72 as of March 7, 2023. That put it in
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