A tropical cyclone taking shape between Mozambique and Madagascar will pose a growing threat of damaging wind and flooding rain this week. Coastal areas in Mozambique and Madagascar could feel the direct impact of the cyclone’s landfall between Wednesday and Sunday. The weather system was named "Irina" on Sunday by the Tropical Cyclone Centre of Réunion.
As of Tuesday, the weather system was merely a tropical low, straddling the coast of northwestern Madagascar, but an environment favourable for cyclone formation lay offshore. Potential tropical cyclone paths would be towards the south and southwest over the Mozambique Channel. The speed and extent of storm intensification will hinge upon the system's path, an open-water track favouring substantial strengthening.
According to AccuWeather.com meteorologists, a strong and potentially dangerous storm will take shape at sea late in the week.
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