India, May 4 -- Mtwara, a coastal city in Tanzania, receives 140% of its average May rainfall in 12 hours

Cyclone Hidaya, which was barrelling its way towards the Tanzanian coast on May 3 night, has made landfall on May 4, according to the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD). But the Department said there was another depression following the storm.

"Current observations indicate that Tropical Cyclone Hidaya has made landfall on the coast of Tanzania. However, there is another depression developing behind it, which the Department is monitoring closely," the KMD said in a statement on May 4.

The Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA), in its last bulletin at 12.01 on May 4, said Hidaya was approximately 125 km from the coast of Kilwa,...