Malawi’s cyclone toll to reach 1,200 as hopes fade
A sniffer dog leading a search and rescue operation to recover bodies of victims of the mudslide triggered by Cyclone Freddy in Blantyre, Malawi, on March 17. – AFP pic, March 30, 2023.
THE death toll from Cyclone Freddy in Malawi is slated to surpass 1,200 after authorities said today hundreds of missing people would be declared dead as hopes of finding survivors fade. Freddy dumped six months’ worth of rainfall on southern Malawi in six days earlier this month, triggering floods and mudslides that swept away homes, roads and bridges in a record-breaking deluge.
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