Tropical Cyclone Freddy may affect 70,000 people in Mozambique

MAPUTO, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tropical Cyclone Freddy could hit the Mozambican coast on Wednesday, affecting around 70,000 people in the provinces of Sofala, Zambezia and Inhambane, Mozambique's disaster relief department announced on Monday.

According to President of the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) Luisa Meque, who was speaking to the press in Sofala, 15 places have already been identified to be used as accommodation centers for the victims.