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Government says 600 were killed but 500 people remain missing

Blantyre, malawi - Authorities in Malawi have deployed excavators to help locate dead bodies believed to be trapped under the rubble after Cyclone Fredd

Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) administration) Happy Mkandawire has obtained an injunction and authority to proceed with judicial review proceedings in a matter he is alleged to have defied a presidential order. Police Service Commission (PSC) is investigating Mkandawire alongside DIG for operations Casper Chalera for allegedly defying President Lazarus Chakwera’s order to unconditionally

While the storm had dissipated, rain continued to hamper rescue efforts as vehicles struggled on flooded roads.

In Malawi, where floods swept away entire villages this month after a storm tore through its southern districts, police officers and soldiers on Friday dug for victims buried under the mud and rocks as the death toll rose sharply. The storm has pounded the southern African country as tropical Cyclone Freddy swept through the region …

Rescue operations continue after deadly Cyclone Freddy hits Malawi-

BLANTYRE (Reuters) - To help in search and rescue efforts, foreign aircraft and boats are arriving in Malawi, where entire villages were swept away by...

People look on as an excavator digs through the mud in search of bodies © Jack McBrams / AFP The Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has introduced K9 sniffer dogs

BLANTYRE (Reuters) -In Malawi, where floods swept away entire villages this month after a storm tore through its southern districts, police officers and soldiers on Friday dug for victims buried under the mud and rocks as the death toll rose sharply. The storm has pounded the southern African country as tropical Cyclone Freddy swept through the region killing more than 500 people in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar since it first made landfall in Africa in late February and circled back for a s...

BLANTYRE (Reuters) -In Malawi, where floods swept away entire villages this month after a storm tore through its southern districts, police officers and soldiers on Friday dug for victims buried under the mud and rocks as the death toll rose sharply.