Survivors in shock as Cyclone Freddy toll passes 400 in Malawi, Mozambique: The last thing Lukia Akimu remembers is the surge of floodwater that hit her village near Mount Soche this week when Tropical Cyclone Freddy tore through southern Malawi.
"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 in Blantyre, the second-biggest city.
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