NATIONAL NEWS - A tropical storm, named Desmond, is the first storm to form near Madagascar and Mozambique since the start of the current 2018/2019 cyclone season.
Storm Report SA says the storm is now of moderate intensity with wind gusts of 100km/h, with another tropical low system forming north-east of Madagascar which is expected to cross the island and intensify in the Mozambique Channel, next week.
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds and thunderstorms that produce heavy rain.
The weakest tropical cyclones are called tropical depressions but if a depression intensifies, it then becomes a tropical storm.
