The storm hit Malawi and Mozambique hard, especially the densely populated poor communities living in adobe houses.
Tropical Cyclone Freddie killed more than 220 people in Malawi and Mozambique. On March 15, BBC News reports.
More than 200 people have been confirmed dead in Malawi. Most of the deaths, including dozens of children, were recorded in the commercial center of the country – Blantyre.
Rescuers are overworked and trying to find survivors. The staff of the city’s main hospital could not cope with the massive number of corpses entering the morgue.
The government has declared a state of emergency in ten regions in the south most affected by the weather. The destruction is expected to worsen the cholera outbreak in Malawi.
Authorities have stressed that the death toll will rise as some regions remain cut off due to incessant rains and strong winds.
Tens of thousands of people were left without food and shelter.
The storm also damaged the electricity supply in Malawi, with extended blackouts in most parts of the country.
A terrible human disaster is currently unfolding in Malawi. Storms and mudslides. infrastructure disruption. A friend who just sent me this video clip said they were in the dark, over 60 people were reported dead. pic.twitter.com/vR07ov6j5b
— sandile ngidi (@mahlephula) March 13, 2023
This is happening in Malawi #flood #ClimateEmergency #climatecrisis pic.twitter.com/7FCS5Dneh1
— MulindwaMoses (@mulindwa_guy) March 14, 2023
The news service recalled that on Sunday, March 12, the typhoon hit Mozambique, but it was difficult to determine the extent of the damage and the death toll, as electricity and telephone communications were cut in some parts of the country.
So far, 20 victims of bad weather are known.
According to the World Meteorological Organization, Storm Freddy is the strongest tropical cyclone on record and possibly the longest.
In February, an ice storm hit the US state of Texas, hundreds of thousands of people were left without electricity, many people died.
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