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A news item involving Cyclone Freddy was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 7 March 2023.

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Section size for Cyclone Freddy (23 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	6,451	6,451
Meteorological history	13,845	17,254
Records	3,409	3,409
Preparations	17	25,276
Mauritius	4,005	4,005
Réunion	8,186	8,186
Madagascar	6,969	6,969
Mozambique	5,061	5,061
Malawi	1,038	1,038
Impact	7,370	56,750
Mascarene Islands	8,525	8,525
Madagascar	6,542	6,542
Mozambique	18,566	18,566
Malawi	12,541	12,541
Elsewhere in mainland Africa	3,206	3,206
Aftermath	2,932	20,051
Madagascar	1,648	1,648
Mozambique	5,064	5,064
Malawi	10,407	10,407
See also	905	905
Notes	34	34
References	28	28
External links	1,351	1,351
Total	128,100	128,100

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Geography

Not wanna translate to 169.239.86.17 (talk) 15:34, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tropical Cyclone Freddy is the longest tropical cyclone on record at 36 days

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has declared Tropical Cyclone Freddy to be the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record, lasting 36 days. The WMO Evaluation Committee did not consider ACE when making its decision. Additionally, Freddy was also the second-farthest traveling tropical cyclone in both the Indian Ocean and globally, with a distance traveled of 12,785 km (7,945 mi).PRESS RELEASEHurricaneEdgar 02:20, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction... Since Freddy is second globally in terms of longest distance traveled, in the Indian Ocean he must be the champion. Vệ Thần^{- Talk} 22:33, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What's needed to get this to a good/featured article

Shorten the meteorological history to as short as necessary. There already is a sub-article. This would allow there to be more room for other aspects of the article.
Rewrite the parts of the impact section so it's more about what the storm did, and less about who reported what. Examples include:

"Locals reported seeing roofs torn off houses, broken windows, and streets flooded in Quelimane."
. The nation's UNICEF chief of advocacy, communications, and partnerships, Guy Taylor, stated that there was "lots of destruction", and that Freddy was "potentially a disaster of large magnitude". Taylor also noted that rural areas were completely destroyed. "
"State TV reported that hundreds were displaced in Freddy's wake. "
"Locals said localized flooding was an issue even before landfall"
"Dozens of houses were reported being washed away in floodwaters in Chilobwe."
"It was stated that 14 districts suffered impacts from Freddy, equating to over half the country. Chakwera also said that 36 roads were broken, nine bridges washed away, and there were still many villages inaccessible by 20 March"

Organize information together where possible, with the most important information first, progressing to the least important information by the end. Typically, the first paragraph of an impact section includes direct meteorological observations, where possible.

An example for the above: right now there is a mention of the cholera outbreak in two separate paragraphs right now.

Aftermath and rebuilding in the year (and now longer) since Freddy.

♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:57, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Any kind of academic literature published would also need inclusion. Noah, BSBA^Talk 02:17, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]