The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) has issued a warning of a tropical storm that is developing into a cyclone named Cyclone Kenneth, which is projected to make a landfall in Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi and parts of Zimbabwe today.
Storm Report SA says the accumulated total precipitation over northern Mozambique for the next five days is expected to be up to 1 500mm along the coastline over the Nampula and Cabo Delgado provinces.
By Thursday afternoon, the cyclone was making its way to Mozambique, just over a month after Cyclone Idai tore through central Mozambique, virtually flattening the port city of Beira, flooding an area the size of Luxembourg and killing more than 1 000 people across the region.
"We have water, we have a generator, we are prepared".
It could bring seven- to nine-metre waves and a three-metre storm surge, she said, and was likely to linger over Mozambique, dumping rain until late Monday evening, bringing a risk of intense flooding.
Kenneth was the strongest cyclone on record to hit Comoros.
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"WFP is working under government coordination and with other humanitarians on an emergency preparedness plan".
Residents in Tanzania and Mozambique are bracing for the touchdown of Cyclone Kenneth - which is barrelling towards land with winds of 205km/h (125mph) and torrential rain.
"It was our neighbours who evacuated us".
Mr Nkomo said drawing huge lessons and experiences from the unprecedented destructive behaviour of the recent Cyclone Idai, people mostly those living in the flood prone areas of Mbire, Muzarabani, Mt Darwin, Nyanga, low lying areas of Masvingo Province, Chimanimani, Chipinge, Mutoko, Mudzi, Gokwe North are advised to be on high alert.
He added that while Cyclone Kenneth appears to be weaker than Cyclone Idai, it remains unsafe in part because of the poverty of northern Mozambique.
Landfall may occur as early as noon on Thursday near the Tanzania and Mozambique border. Cyclone Idai also roared in overnight, and some residents later said they either had not been aware of authorities' warnings or didn't expect the dramatic flooding that followed.
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