to rapidly deteriorate as a sudden spike in mid-level shear began impacting the storm. As a result, the cyclone briefly weakened to 1-minute sustained winds of before restrengthening once again. Later that next day, Freddy was upgraded to a very intense tropical cyclone. Shortly afterward, Freddy's cloud pattern slightly deteriorated, causing the cyclone to weaken to an intense tropical cyclone by 00:00 UTC on 20 February. Freddy passed north of Mauritius, Réunion and weakened to a tropical cyclone on 21 February. At about 7 p.m. local time that day, the cyclone made its first landfall near Mananjary, Madagascar. After landfall, Freddy was re-classified as an overland depression, with sustained winds of . The JTWC also reported that Freddy substantially weakened as it traversed the mountainous terrain of Madagascar, and was downgraded to . Re-strengthening, second landfall, and demise During 22 February, Freddy significantly improved in organization as it moved southwestward across the Mozambique Channel. Later that day, Freddy re-strengthened into a zone of disturbed weather. Freddy had re-developed under the deep convection in the northern semicircle of the circulation. Freddy re-strengthened into a moderate tropical storm after the convection began to rapidly increase. The system passed to the north of Europa Island. Freddy re-strengthened further, marking its intensification into a severe tropical storm. Freddy continued to organize with convective bands wrapping into the center. Six hours later, cloud pattern deteriorated, as it approaching the coast of Mozambique. By 12:00 UTC on 24 February, the MFR reported that Freddy had made second landfall just south of Vilankulos, Mozambique with 10-sustained winds of . Shortly after the landfall, the JTWC discontinued warnings on the system. Freddy rapidly weakened as it moved westward and further inland, weakening to an overland depression by 18:00 UTC that day. MFR determined that Freddy convective activity was located in the southeast semicircle of the circulation. Even though the MFR stopped issuing advisories, they were still monitoring and predicted that the remnant low would likely re-develop into a tropical system. Records Cyclone Freddy holds the record for the all-time highest accumulated cyclone energy of a tropical cyclone in the Southern hemisphere, with an ACE of 69.0, breaking the former record of 53, set by Cyclone Fantala in 2016. Additionally, Freddy was the first tropical cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere to undergo four separate rounds of rapid intensification, which occurred due to repeated bursts of wind shear that weakened