Satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Filipo as the storm neared Mozambique caught on March 11, 2024, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASAs Terra satellite.The storm dropped a substantial amount of rain as it moved throughout Mozambique.In March 2024, low wind shear in the Mozambique Channel permitted Tropical Cyclone Filipo to enhance off the coast of southeast Africa. The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASAs Terra satellite acquired this image at around 9 a.m. local time (07:00 Universal Time) on March 11, 2024, as the storm neared Mozambique.Around the time of this image, Filipo brought maximum wind speeds of about 80 kilometers (50 miles) per hour– equivalent to a tropical storm on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale. Dangers included the capacity for flooding and damage to infrastructure.forecasts and crops called for as much as 250 millimeters (10 inches) of rain in parts of Inhambane, Gaza, and Sofala provinces on March 12, and up to 100 millimeters (4 inches) in parts of Gaza and Maputo provinces on March 13.
