Science: Cyclone Freddy's structure and trajectory explain its record intensity
Tropical storm Freddy is on track to break the record as the longest-lasting cyclone of its kind, the United Nations said Friday, as the killer storm was set to hit Mozambique once again. "Freddy is continuing its incredible and dangerous journey," Clare Nullis, spokeswoman for the UN's World Meteorological Organization, told reporters in Geneva. Freddy has been a named tropical cyclone for 33 days since developing off the north Australian coast and becoming a named storm on February 6. FRANCE 24's Science Editor Shirli Sitbon tells us more.
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