Record-breaking storm Freddy due to hit Mozambique again

FILE PHOTO: Winds and rain continue to increase in strength as Cyclone Freddy makes landfall over Vilankulos, Mozambique, February 24, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. UNICEF Mozambique/2023/Guy Taylor/via REUTERS

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Freddy is due to hit the coast of Southern Africa again on Saturday after killing at least 21 people in Mozambique and Madagascar when it first made landfall last month.

The storm is on track to break the record of longest-lasting tropical cyclone, according to the World Meteorological Organization, which said the current record is held by a 31-day hurricane in 1994.