AfricaOver 200 Killed, Many Displaced In Malawi Cyclone Destruction

Over 200 Killed, Many Displaced In Malawi Cyclone Destruction

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Over 200 people have died in Malawi and Mozambique since deadly Cyclone Freddy pummeled through southern Africa at the weekend for the second time within a few weeks.

Image of the affected persons in Malawi (c) AFP

Though, relief workers expect the tally to rise. About 1,000 survivors are currently living in this makeshift evacuation centre near the hard-hit southern city of Blantyre.

Most are women and children. They sleep on concrete floors, with no mattresses, Africanews reports.

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Students’ desks have been placed against classroom walls to make space for them.

“The classrooms have no lights, we are using solar lamps,” said local aid worker Rose Longer. Outside everything is damp.

Aid is trickling in, but not in large quantities. Most has been provided by well-wishers, she added.

“We have distributed rice and beans and drinks that have been donated.”

Three women volunteered to prepare meals. They were cooking traditional cornmeal porridge in the school kitchen.

“This is the first food that I have received since I arrived,” said Chinthenga, holding a bag of freeze-dried rice with beans and meat.

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Government declared a “state of disaster” in the affected regions to allow it pull in emergency resources and respond to the crisis while appealing for local and international aid.

After brewing off Australia in early February, Freddy crossed the Indian Ocean and made landfall on southeastern Africa in late February, before returning at the weekend to deliver a second harder blow.

Cyclone Freddy, which reached landlocked Malawi early Monday morning after sweeping through Mozambique, last week unofficially broke the World Meteorological Organization’s benchmark as the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record.

That was set in 1994 for a 31-day storm named John and researchers will now study whether Freddy is the official new titleholder, a process likely to take months.

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