Villages cut off and communities stranded after destruction in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar
Locals in the Chiradzulu district walk with their salvaged possessions to a safer grounds after mudslides and rockfalls in the area caused by the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy in Blantyre, Malawi, March 15 2023. Picture: ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS
“I saw a lot of water and some people being washed away. Then I do not know what happened. I do not know who brought me here,” she said from a bed in Queen Elizabeth hospital in the city of Blantyre.Tropical Cyclone Freddy has killed more than 400 people in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar since it first made landfall in Africa in late February and circled back to hit the region for a second time over the weekend.
“We mobilised boats and other means to search and rescue people. There are lots of communities stranded,” Paulo Tomas, spokesperson for Mozambique’s disaster relief agency, said.At least 53 people have died in Mozambique and 326 in Malawi since the weekend, according to government figures. The storm had already killed about 27 people in Madagascar and Mozambique before it lashed Mozambique a second time.
While electricity was starting to come back in Malawi on Thursday, many places affected by the storm still had no running water, including parts of Blantyre, the second-biggest city.
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