Cyclone Freddy kills 190 in Malawi as rain complicates rescue efforts
Greetings to my esteemed friends on the InformationWar platform and the entire hive blockchain. It's another day and time to share with you happenings around Malawi after the deadly cyclone that hit the southern African country during the weekend. It's your friend @faquan, saying hello from this part of the world.
It's been a very difficult week for families as well as rescue teams in Malawi as the death toll from the deadly cyclone rise as the day goes by.
Cyclone Freddy, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, has killed 190 people in Malawi after ripping through southern Africa for the second time in a month, Malawi's government said on Tuesday.
Prior to this current report, the death toll was about 99, but as yesterday, it rose to 190 in Malawi. This shows how devastating effects of the cyclone is and this has also displaced many families. Most families have now shifted base to the Zambezi province which is safer than their original settlements.
The district around the commercial hub of Blantyre was among the hardest-hit. Severe flooding and rain damaged roads and bridges, hampering relief operations.
Freddy has also left a trail of destruction in Mozambique, where it made landfall over the weekend. More than 22,000 people there were seeking shelter away from their homes.
As heavy rains continued to pummel the country, 584 people have been injured and 37 are still missing, it said in a statement.
Grief-stricken families were seen waiting to collect the dead bodies of relatives from the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital mortuary in Blantyre.
It's been a very difficult rescue mission and this due to mudslides that have destroyed roads and other pathways. Many are yet to be found and most devastating of all is the fact that relief materials have been hampered by lack of access roads to the people.
According to Estere Tsoka, emergency specialist at U.N. children's agency UNICEF in Malawi. "It's a challenging operation in the sense that there's been incidents of mudslides and so people are getting stuck in those mud accumulations."