[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Freddy[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Freddy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Freddy ; Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Freddy was an exceptionally long-lived storm that tracked across the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="Indian Ocean - Indian Ocean for more than five weeks in February and March 2023. It was the fourth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_naming" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="Tropical cyclone naming - named storm of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Australian_region_cyclone_season" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="2022–23 Australian region cyclone season - 2022–23 Australian region cyclone season , and the second very intense tropical cyclone of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="2022–23 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season - 2022–23 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season . Freddy first developed as a disturbance embedded within the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsoon_trough" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="Monsoon trough - monsoon trough on 4 February 2023. While in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_basins#Australian_region" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="Tropical cyclone basins - Australian region cyclone basin , the storm quickly intensified and became a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Category_4_Australian_region_severe_tropical_cyclones" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="List of Category 4 Australian region severe tropical cyclones - Category 4 severe tropical cyclone , before it moved into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_basins#South-West_Indian_Ocean" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="Tropical cyclone basins - South-West Indian Ocean basin , where it intensified further. The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Typhoon_Warning_Center" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="Joint Typhoon Warning Center - Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) estimated 1-minute sustained winds of 270 km/h (165 mph) at Freddy's peak strength, equivalent to Category 5 strength on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="Saffir–Simpson scale - Saffir–Simpson scale . On 19 February, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9t%C3%A9o-France" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="Météo-France - Météo-France (MFR) upgraded it to a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South-West_Indian_Ocean_very_intense_tropical_cyclones" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="List of South-West Indian Ocean very intense tropical cyclones - very intense tropical cyclone , estimated 10-minute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_sustained_winds" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="Maximum sustained winds - winds of 220 km/h (140 mph). Freddy made its first landfall near https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mananjary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="Mananjary - Mananjary , Madagascar. The storm rapidly weakened overland but re-strengthened in the Mozambique Channel. Shortly afterward, Freddy made second landfall just south of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilankulos" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="Vilankulos - Vilankulos , Mozambique, before rapidly weakening. Unexpectedly, the system managed to survive its visit in Mozambique and emerged back over the channel on 1 March. Soon after, Freddy was re-classified as a tropical cyclone status by the MFR. Over the course of 10 days, Freddy rapidly intensified on two occasions, eventually slowing to a semi-stationary movement near https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quelimane" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background: none;" title="Quelimane - Quelimane, Mozambique . Moving northwest inland, the storm gradually deteriorated and dissipated over Mozambique on 15 March. DJ...this cyclone "lived" from february 4 till march 15...killing over 300 people moving from close to Australia over SE Africa.... It may be an indication for what climate collapse may bring us....storms lasting over a month...turning back for a second round of destruction...There has been discussion on "category 6" even stronger storms...But we also have seen insane rainfall-California, SE Türkiye (earth quake zone) just among the recent ones.... Another point is storm-after-storm destroying regions...
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