Cyclone Idai in Mozambique in the Context of Irma and Maria in the Caribbean

Last Thursday, a cyclone at the edge of South East Africa wandered back to the Indian Ocean and turned into a monster. It went from a minor tropical depression with winds of about 50 mph and grew into a cyclone reaching the wind speed of a category 2 hurricane. From there, it turned back to the African continent, centered on the port town of Beira, Moza…