It is a national disaster in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe after cyclone Idai left a trail of death and destruction with hundreds dead. "Tropical" refers to the geographical origin while ...

Cyclone Idai lashed the Mozambican port city of Beira with winds of up to 170 km/h (105 miles per hour) last week, then moved inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi, flattening buildings and putting the ...

Just five years ago, Mozambique faced the fury of Cyclones Idai and Kenneth ... "In our changed climate, when tropical cyclones form, they form in a climate that is warmer, wetter, and more ...

Tropical cyclones are fairly common weather systems, clocking a global average of around 80 storms annually. However, with rising global temperatures and subsequent increase in sea surface ...