/ 2 March 2000

SECOND CYCLONE HEADED FOR MOZ

THE Weather Bureau says there’s a good chance Mozambique could be hit by a second cyclone within the next week. Weather Bureau spokesman Bheki Mkhize told ZA*NOW that Cyclone Gloria, currently raging over the northern tip of Madagascar, will probably reach Mozambique by next Wednesday. “We expect Gloria to move over the Mozambique channel by late on Sunday. Then it will probably become a tropical low, which is a weaker cyclone.” Mkhize said heavy rains over Mozambique were almost inevitable. He also said there’s a chance that Gloria could intensify rather than dissipate before reaching Mozambique. “It’s difficult to predict, at this stage things could develop either way.”