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Cyclone Freddy devastates Malawi and Mozambique – Death toll continues to rise

by Joshua Brown
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Cyclone Freddy, a dangerous storm, has caused the deaths of 56 people in Malawi and Mozambique since it first hit these countries on Saturday night. It’s still happening now!

In Malawi and Mozambique, lots of people have died due to natural disaster. Authorities in Malawi have reported that 51 people lost their lives, including 36 in a city called Chilobwe. Meanwhile, 5 deaths were reported by authorities in Mozambique since Saturday. Additionally, some people are still missing or injured as a result of this tragedy.

Five people from the same family died in a city called Blantyre in Malawi due to strong winds and heavy rains. A 3-year-old was stuck under the rubble during the destruction, while her parents were reported missing at the same time.

The Malawi police said that there could be more reported cases from our three police offices located in the south, southeast and east because they are collecting information to make a report.

The super-strong cyclone recently hit Mozambique and Malawi over the weekend and into Monday. This is the second time this record-breaking storm has made a landfall in Africa since late February, but it previously caused destruction in Madagascar and Réunion island as it moved around the ocean.

The cyclone has become more powerful than ever before and has released more energy than any other cyclone in history. In fact, it was so strong that it released more energy over its lifetime than what is usually released in one entire hurricane season in the United States.

Freddy started near Australia at the beginning of February and it moved around in the whole southern Indian Ocean. If Freddy goes on for longer than 31 days, it would break the world record set by Hurricane John back in 1994. The U.N., which is a group of important people, has even asked experts to look into it to decide if Freddy broke the record.

On Saturday, the storm named Freddy made landfall at Quelimane, Mozambique. Reports say that buildings and farms have been damaged but we don’t know how bad it is yet. There are problems with the phone lines and other important services in Zambezia, making it difficult to organize rescue and humanitarian help.

Météo-France, a weather agency in France, said Monday that we will have ‘really heavy rain’ over the next two days because of a storm called ‘Freddy’. Weather monitors have said that Mozambique’s central provinces and Malawi could be affected by floods and landslides in its mountain areas.

A lot of houses in Malawi were affected because they were built in places where it is not allowed like near rivers, mountains, and other risky areas. The floods and landslides caused by the cyclone made the government close schools in 10 districts as a safety measure. Freddy, the storm that caused all this destruction, is expected to go away by Wednesday according to meteorologists.

Alexandre Nhampossa and Tom Gould wrote this report from Maputo, Mozambique, while Kabukuru reported from Mombasa, Kenya. Several private foundations helped support Associated Press’s coverage of climate and environmental matters. The Associated Press holds full responsibility for the content they create.

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