- Tropical cyclone DIKELEDI is moving southwards in the Mozambique Channel after it made landfall over northern Nampula province, northeastern Mozambique. On 15 January at 6.00 UTC its centre was located 306 km west of Morombe urban municipality, Atsimo-Andrefana region, with maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h (tropical storm).
- After its passage on 11 January over northern Madagascar, national authorities report that the death toll stands at three people, 352 people have been displaced and 5,803 affected across Analanjirofo, Diana and Sava regions, northern Madagascar.
- DIKELEDI is forecast to move south-east strengthening over the sea and it will pass approximately 200 km west of the south-western coast of Madagascar on 15-16 January strengthening. After that, it will continue over the southern Indian Oceanweakening and dissipating in the sea.
- On 15-17 January, moderate to heavy rain with locally heavy rainfall is expected across most parts of Madagascar and central-eastern Mozambique while strong winds are forecasted particularly over the western and south-western coast of Madagascar.
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