In the span of a week, the region has been hammered by back-to-back tropical cyclones.
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The category-1 storm is poised to move inland over East African countries.
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It is rare for a powerful tropical cyclone to hit Tonga.
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Forecasters expect the storm to move south along the island’s east coast.
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The tracks of tropical cyclones in the Mozambique Channel often meander and loop.
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Tropical Cyclone 3A ties with a 1994 cyclone as the deadliest tropical storm system to hit Somalia since records began in 1966.
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Clouds from Tropical Cyclone Irina cover most of Madagascar and part of the Mozambique Channel in this image from March 1, 2012.
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The cyclone spun southeastward across the South Pacific, threading the islands of New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
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