Cyclone Freddy to ease after battering Malawi, Mozambique

Cyclone Freddy wanes after battering Malawi and Mozambique

Cyclone Freddy dissipated over land late Wednesday after it made second landfall in Mozambique and then Malawi over the weekend and caused mass devastation in several regions, including Malawi's financial capital, Blantyre. The storm dumped six months' worth of rainfall in six days in southern Malawi, leaving a trail of destruction and severely damaging infrastructure as well as flooding farmland. More than 300 emergency shelters have been set up

Cyclone Freddy affects 500,000 people in Malawi: UN

BLANTYRE (MALAWI) - Cyclone Freddy, which dissipated this week after a record-breaking rampage, has caused more than 460 deaths in southern Africa and affected more than half a million people in Malawi, the UN said Friday.

Cyclone Freddy affects 500,000 people in Malawi: UN

Cyclone Freddy, which dissipated this week after a record-breaking rampage, has caused more than 460 deaths in southern Africa and affected more than half a million people in Malawi, the UN said Friday.

Cyclone Freddy has affected more than 500,000 people in Malawi: UN

Cyclone Freddy has affected over 500,000 people in Malawi and has caused more than 400 deaths in southern Africa, said United Nations (UN) on Friday (March 17). Cyclone Freddy has dissipated after wreaking havoc. "Over 500,000 people have been affected -- including 326 people killed and over 183,100 people displaced," the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report. It has warned that these figures

Cyclone Freddy: more than half a million people affected in Malawi

A state of disaster has been declared in the country, the police and the army are deployed. President Lazarus Chakwera called for international help.

Malawi Cyclone Freddy Death Toll Rises to 326 As Rescuers Find More Bodies

President Dr Lazarus Chakwera has described as the worst cyclone disaster as the death toll now stands at 326 from 225 with predictions that the number will reach more than 500 in the coming days as more bodies continue to be found under rubble of devastated homes and places.