Stephanie Jenzer

They are just six words typed out late this morning in a Twitter message, but they speak volumes about the Olympic journey of Andre De Grasse. The 21-year-old sprinter from Markham, Ont., wrote: “Looks like tonight is the night.”

Beira is still in mourning, still bearing the scars of sudden catastrophe. As the city tries to get back on its feet, its people are still trying to make sense of a singular storm that defied the rules of any they have ever known.