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BLANTYRE, Malawi/MAPUTO (Reuters) -Mozambique and Malawi on Monday were counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 60 people, injured scores and left a trail of destruction as it ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend.

Maputo, MOZAMBIQUE, 13 March 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/Mozambique’s economic recovery is picking up steam, with growth reaching 4.1% in 2022, despite

An unrelenting Cyclone Freddy that is currently battering southern Africa has killed at least 56 people in Malawi and Mozambique since it struck the continent for a second time on Saturday night, authorities in both countries have confirmed. Local police said 51 people in Malawi, including 36 in Chilobwe in the financial hub of Blantyre in the center of the country have died, with several others missing or injured. Authorities in Mozambique reported that five people were killed in the country si...

More than 60 bodies were found during the day in southern Malawi where heavy downpours triggered flooding, according to the Red Cross.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/at-least-44-dead-as-cyclone-freddy-pounds-malawi-mozambique/"></div>BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — An unrelenting Cyclone Freddy that is currently battering southern Africa has killed at least 56 people in Malawi and Mozambique since it struck the continent for a second time on Saturday night, authorities in both countries have confirmed. Local police said 51 people in Malawi, including 36 in Chilob...

An unrelenting Cyclone Freddy that is currently battering southern Africa has killed at least 56 people in Malawi and Mozambique since it struck the continent for a second time on Saturday night, authorities in both countries have confirmed

The southern African nation has received more than a year’s worth of rainfall in the past four weeks.

Freddy has so far killed at least 27 people - 10 in Mozambique and 17 in Madagascar

It was the second time the cyclone struck the country since it was named after being spotted near Indonesia in early February

After swirling in the southern Indian Ocean for 34 days, Freddy is set to become the longest-lasting cyclone on record.