After making a second landfall, Cyclone Freddy strikes Mozambique with record-breaking force.

Cyclone Freddy battered central Mozambique on Sunday after making landfall for a second time in a month, breaking records for the duration and strength of tropical storms in the southern hemisphere. More than half a million people are at risk of being affected in Mozambique this time, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). UNICEF said that Freddy made landfall with sustained winds of nearly 150 kilometers per hour (93 miles per hour), causing "severe damage and cutting off children and families from critical services." After passing the port town of Quelimane, the storm continued inland towards the southern tip of neighboring Malawi, bringing torrential rains and flooding. Electricity had been restored in most areas, with the exception of Milange, Lugela, Maganja da Costa, Namanjavira and parts of the city of Mocuba. There is a lot of destruction, trees fallen down, roofs blown off, and no word yet on casualties or numbers of displaced.

Freddy developed on February 6 off the northwest Australian coast, before tracking thousands of miles across the South Indian Ocean towards southeast Africa, affecting the islands of Mauritius and La Réunion on the way. It then looped back out towards the Mozambique Channel, gaining energy from the warm waters, and headed toward the southwestern coast of Madagascar.