Why?
Tropical Cyclone Eloise, category 2, made landfall in the first hours of 23 January, 20km south of the Beira City in Sofala Province, bringing winds of 140km/h and wind gusts of over 160km/h as well as extreme and widespread rainfall in Beira – 250mm in 24h – and many districts in Sofala, South of Manica, North of Inhambane and Eastern Gaza.