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Mozambique’s authorities urged people to seek shelter and the country’s major Beira port was closed on Friday, as tropical storm Freddy was forecast to make landfall imminently.

[File Image] : Satellite imagery shows Tropical Cyclone Freddy approaching Madagascar in this undated satellite handout image[File Image] : Satellite imagery shows Tropical Cyclone Freddy approaching Madagascar in this undated satellite handout image

Edmundo Galiza Matos Junior a local official in Vilankulo, posted a picture on Facebook showing people taking shelter in a school and a video showing strong winds battering the coast. Up to 1.75 million people could be affected by the storm and severe flooding, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on its website.

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