Rescuers scrambled on Wednesday to reach survivors in Malawi's battered city of Blantyre, after Cyclone Freddy struck southern Africa for a second time, triggering floods and landslides that have killed more than 200 people.
A waman walks across a makeshift bridge over flood water in Blantyre on March 14, 2023, caused by heavy rains following cyclone Freddy's landfall. Cyclone Freddy, packing powerful winds and torrential rain, killed more than 100 people in Malawi and Mozambique on its return to southern Africa's mainland, authorities said on March 13, 2023.
"We found people in the trees, on rooftops or on higher grounds," Red Cross Malawi spokesman Felix Washoni told AFP.Freddy returned to southeastern Africa at the weekend for a second time in less than three weeks, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction. "I pray for the dead, the injured, the displaced. May the Lord support the families and the communities hardest hit by this calamity," he said.Rescue workers warned that more victims were to be expected as they scoured destroyed neighbourhoods for survivors, even as hopes dwindled.
Many people perished in mudslides that washed away homes in Blantyre, the country's commercial capital. "Just yesterday, we lost two more people who went with the mudslide as they helped to dig up the bodies. People are hungry and tired. "We're still at an early stage...of tallying up the full impact of this cyclone," said UNICEF Mozambique spokesman Guy Taylor, adding that the toll "will probably increase.”
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