Mozambique and Malawi on Monday were counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 100 people, injured scores and left a trail of destruction as it ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend.
People look at the damage caused by Cyclone Freddy in Chilobwe, Blantyre, Malawi, March 13, 2023.Mozambique and Malawi on Monday were counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 100 people, injured scores and left a trail of destruction as it ripped through Southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend.
The full extent of the damage and loss of life in Mozambique in particular is not yet clear, as the power supply and phone signals were cut off in some parts of the affected area. The central hospital in Blantyre had received at least 60 bodies by early afternoon, Medecins Sans Frontieres country director Marion Pechayre told Reuters by telephone, adding that some 200 injured were being treated in the hospital.
At least ten people died in Mozambique's Zambezia province, a provincial delegate from the National Institute of Disaster Risk Management, Nelson Ludovico, said on public broadcaster Radio Mozambique, adding that the figures were still provisional.
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