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TROPICAL storm Chalane, which hit Zimbabwe Wednesday evening, has caused minor damages in some parts of Manicaland province and villagers who had been moved to evacuation centres have since started trooping back home.
More than 600 people had been evacuated in Chimanimani where it was expected the tropical storm would cause extensive damage.
In Chipinge, at the Tongogara Refugee Camp, over 100 refugee families were temporarily moved to higher ground.
“The Chalane weather system reached Zimbabwe in the evening of 30 December as a tropical depression, with heavy rains and bursts of strong winds in Chimanimani East in Manicaland Province, with some roofs of houses blown off, as well electricity and cellular network disruptions,” a report issued by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reads.
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Mozambique: Cyclone Chalane to Hit Beira 29 December, 2020 - 17:50
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Cyclone Chalane is moving west across the Mozambique Channel and is expected to reach Beira tomorrow morning (Wednesday 30 Dec) with winds up to 100 km/h, as the cyclone picks up heat and energy from the warm Mozambique Channel. It is predicted to continue west into Zimbabwe Wednesday afternoon. The cyclone comes just 9 months after the devastating cyclone Idai. Chalane should be less damaging, but still with strong winds and heavy rain.[.]
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Cyclone Chalane is moving west across the Mozambique Channel and is expected to reach Beira tomorrow morning (Wednesday 30 Dec) with winds up to 100 km/h, as the cyclone picks up heat and energy from the warm Mozambique Channel. It is predicted to continue west into Zimbabwe Wednesday afternoon. The cyclone comes just 9 months after the devastating cyclone Idai. Chalane should be less damaging, but still with strong winds and heavy rain.
Chalane crossed Madagascar Friday and Saturday with “heavy wind and rains, but limited damage,” according to OCHA. The US Navy Cyclone Tracking Centre (CTC) produces the best maps, with predicted course and wind speed, undated twice a day, on https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh0721.gif (On the maps, z with the time means London GMT, speeds are in knots with 1 kts = 1.852 km/h.) An alternative cyclone tracker is MeteoFrance: http://www.meteofrance.re/cyclone/activite-cyclonique-en-cours/dirre/CHALANE