The cyclone, which is moving over the western Indian Ocean with maximum sustained winds of 75 km per hour, is expected to pass the major coastal city of Dar es Salaam late Saturday or early Sunday but will not make direct landfall there, Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS) said.
Severe weather was predicted in eastern Tanzania until Tuesday.
Authorities have suspended maritime transport between Zanzibar island and the mainland and warned people across the country to take precautions.
Torrential rains and floods have wreaked havoc in Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Somalia, Rwanda and other parts of East Africa since March, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The organization said in a recent report that it has affected more than 2,05,000 people in Kenya, 1,79,000 in Burundi, 1,27,000 in Somalia and 1,25,670 in Tanzania.
In Kenya, hundreds of people have died in storms over the past two weeks, and tens of thousands of families have been left homeless.
Storms are not uncommon during the long rainy season that begins in March, however, this year the torrential rains have been intensified by the El Niño weather phenomenon. Experts say climate change has also increased this regularly recurring weather phenomenon.
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Severe weather was predicted in eastern Tanzania until Tuesday.
Authorities have suspended maritime transport between Zanzibar island and the mainland and warned people across the country to take precautions.
Torrential rains and floods have wreaked havoc in Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Somalia, Rwanda and other parts of East Africa since March, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The organization said in a recent report that it has affected more than 2,05,000 people in Kenya, 1,79,000 in Burundi, 1,27,000 in Somalia and 1,25,670 in Tanzania.
In Kenya, hundreds of people have died in storms over the past two weeks, and tens of thousands of families have been left homeless.
Storms are not uncommon during the long rainy season that begins in March, however, this year the torrential rains have been intensified by the El Niño weather phenomenon. Experts say climate change has also increased this regularly recurring weather phenomenon.
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