Chido
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Environment
Climate, migration and conflict combine to produce ‘deadly’ severe tropical cyclones like Chido
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cyclone Chido was a “strong tropical cyclone” equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. It made landfall on Mayotte, a small island northwest of Madagascar, on December 14, producing wind gusts close to 155 mph (250 kph). It then struck Mozambique in East Africa with the same ferocity. The storm bypassed north of…
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Death toll from Cyclone Chido rises to 94 in Mozambique
Experts say Cyclone Chidoo was caused by warmer temperatures in the Indian Ocean due to climate change. At least 94 people have been killed in Mozambique as Cyclone Chido raged through the Indian Ocean last week, the country’s disaster management agency said on Sunday, bringing the death toll to 76. The cyclone devastated the French island of Mayotte and destroyed…
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