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The Herald
Herald Reporter
The Department of Weather Services has advised the public to be calm but stay informed, as the anticipated cyclone is still a tropical depression and far away.
This comes when a tropical cyclone, which according to the MSD has not yet been named, is expected to hit parts of Chimanimani next week.
If the cyclone hits Chimanimani, this will be the second time the area would be affected by a cyclone in 21 months, after Cyclone Idai left a trail of death, destruction and displacement of people in March last year.
The government has already mobilized Civil Protection teams that are on high alert, especially in the eastern parts of the country.
In an early warning this morning, the MSD said that the tropical was currently in the distant Indian Ocean.
“A tropical depression, yet to be named, is situated in an almost stationary position near the center of the Indian Ocean, northeast of Mauritius, at the eastern tip of Madagascar.
“On Thursday, December 24 at 02:00 hours it was close to 14 degrees south and 60 degrees east and was expected to continue southwest towards Madagascar in the coming days as it steadily intensified (could later become in a tropical storm and then in a cyclone, ”said the MSD.
All the cyclones and tropical storms that affect Zimbabwe emanate from the Mozambique Channel but, depending on their trajectory or trajectory, some of them tend to dry out while others bring significant rains over the country.
Noting that these tropical storms also tend to weaken when they hit land; The current system is anticipated to make initial ground over Madagascar on Sunday, December 27, and rejuvenate in the Mozambique Channel around
Tuesday, December 2020. However, due to the nature of such systems, this trajectory and speed can change dramatically.
“The Department of Weather Services will continue to monitor intensity and track and update the public accordingly,” MSD said.
