Storm Freddy: Malawi recovers more than 60 bodies
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- 14 Mar 2023
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More than 60 bodies have been recovered in Malawi's main commercial hub of Blantyre after Tropical Storm Freddy hit southern Africa for the second time in a month.
Strong winds and rains continue to cause severe destruction.
"We have rivers overflowing, we have people being carried away by running waters, we have buildings collapsing," police spokesman Peter Kalaya told BBC Focus on Africa radio.
Malawi was "overwhelmed" he added.
Relentless rain and strong winds have hampered overstretched emergency teams in the country's southern and central regions, which are worst affected, Mr Kalaya said.
Victims taken to a hospital in Blantyre had injuries caused by falling trees, landslides and flash floods, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) country director Marion Pechayre told Reuters news agency.
"A lot of [homes] are mud houses with tin roofs, so the roofs fall on people's heads," she is quoted as saying. Read More..
