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Climate Change
Viva Freddy: How the cyclone broke 16 records in 37 days
DTE reportage tracking Cyclone Freddy from Australia to Africa
Cyclone Freddy travelled from Australia to batter Madagascar, one of the most climate-vulnerable nations
The world’s fourth-largest island is suffering a drought since 2018; cyclones and also the first famine caused by climate change
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Long live Freddy: Cyclone which travelled across Indian Ocean, has survived for 32 days courtesy climate change
Warming due to human-induced greenhouse gases is absorbed by the oceans, increasing their heat content; this helps strengthen cyclones
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The cyclone that lived longest: How Freddy broke all kinds of records
It killed 140 people across Madagascar, Mozambique & Malawi, where it caused torrential rainfall, flooding & landslides
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