A cyclone in March hit Mozambique leaving in its wake almost a 1,000 people dead and a devastated infrastructure. On Wednesday afternoon, the storm was 450km from Mtwara but travelling at dizzying speed towards Tanzania. The order to close schools and workplaces was issued on Wednesday by Mtwara Regional Commissioner Gelasius Byakanwa. By THE CITIZENMore by this AuthorTanzanians in Mtwara region on Thursday were scrambling to leave with Cyclone Kenneth set to make landfall tonight. “If this depression becomes the next organised tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean, it would be given the name Kenneth,” said AccuWeather.

Source: Daily Nation April 25, 2019 07:50 UTC