Cyclone Gezani | SAWS Luthando Masimini shares more

Residents of Inhambane, a port city in Mozambique, were reinforcing their homes with sandbags and corrugated iron in preparation for the potentially devastating impact of Cyclone Gezani, expected to hit the area on Friday.

The tropical storm tore through Madagascar earlier this week, killing at least 40 people and causing major damage to the Indian Ocean island’s second-biggest city Toamasina.

Mozambique has been hit by frequent weather-related disasters that scientists say have been exacerbated by climate change.

The Southern African country is only just recovering from severe flooding that affected more than 700,000 people and damaged over 170,000 homes in recent weeks, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

For more on Cyclone Gezani and its impact on the region, we are joined by Luthando Masimini of the South African Weather Service.

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