Despair in Malawi as cyclone Freddy destroys homes and lives
BLANTYRE (Reuters) - Residents of Blantyre's Chilobwe township, one of the areas worst-hit by tropical cyclone Freddy, were woken in the early hours by the roaring sound of mud and water as Malawi was battered by the storm taking a second shot at southern Africa. By Tuesday afternoon authorities had counted 190 people dead in Malawi, with hundreds more injured and missing. The official death toll in neighbouring Mozambique stood at 20. Many of the dead were killed by mudslides in hilly Blantyre, Malawi's second biggest city. Torrential rain swept away thousands of homes and uprooted trees, lea...
Source: swissinfo.ch
