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Ocean-surface winds from SMOS (in knots) under Cyclone Idai on 13 March 2019. The wind radii estimates in each geographical storm quadrant are illustrated by black segments as deduced from SMOS data and by grey segments for the Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecast system. These line segments are terminated by blue, red and pink rectangles for wind radii of 34, 50 and 64 knots, respectively. The storm centre tracks and direction are indicated by thick black curves with arrows.