Mozambicans Seek Shelter as Storm Freddy Makes Landfall

Winds and rain continue to increase in strength as Cyclone Freddy makes landfall over Vilankulos, Mozambique, on Feb. 24, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. UNICEF Mozambique/2023/Guy Taylor via Reuters

MAPUTO—Mozambicans took shelter on Friday as tropical storm Freddy made landfall in a small coastal town, with heavy rain expected to batter the country’s southern provinces for several days.

French weather forecaster Meteo France, which has a cyclone-monitoring station on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, said Freddy hit the coast near the tourist town of Vilankulo in Inhambane province around 2 p.m. local time (1200 GMT).