Cyclone Dineo to trigger weekend downpours, floods

Cyclone Dineo PIC. NASA
Cyclone Dineo PIC. NASA

Heavy rains of up to 100 millimetres in 24 hours, as well as possible floods are due in the North East, Central and Gantsi districts starting on Friday, as a tropical cyclone known as “Dineo” bursts in to the region, from the Indian Ocean, Mmegi has learnt.

NASA upgraded the tropical storm to a cyclone yesterday with its landfall expected in southern Mozambique in the very early hours of tomorrow.

While its winds of up to 212 kilometres per hour will ease once it reaches land, Cyclone Dineo is expected to cause destruction in Mozambique, particularly the coastal areas, Mpumalanga (South Africa) and southern parts of Zimbabwe.

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