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Southern Africa – Tropical Cyclone Eloise Flash Update No.8, As of 25 January 2021 Format HIGHLIGHTS • The Eloise weather system is passing over Botswana, after bringing heavy rains to central Mozambique, south-eastern Zimbabwe and northern South Africa. • Mozambique bore the brunt of the storm, which hit the country as a Tropical Cyclone on 23 January, affecting nearly 176,500 people, displacing more than 8,300 people and leaving 6 dead, according to initial data from the Government. •...

Southern Africa, Flash Update No.6: Tropical Storm Chalane (as of 31 December 2020) Format HIGHLIGHTS After making landfall in Muanza district, central Mozambique, in the early hours of 30 December, Tropical Storm Chalane tracked inland and entered Zimbabwe as a tropical depression. The depression has brought rains and thunderstorms to Zimbabwe and is now considered a “very weak” tropical depression by the Zimbabwean authorities. SITUATION OVERVIEW Tropical Storm Chalane, which made landfal...