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Malawi: Hope Fades for Rescuing Missing Cyclone Victims
VOA, 30 March 2023
Officials in Malawi say hope has all but disappeared for finding some 500 people who are still missing two weeks after Cyclone Freddy hit the country. Disaster management officials… Read more »
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Malawi: UN Concerned About Disease in Malawi's Displacement Camps
VOA, 29 March 2023
The U.N. humanitarian agency says Malawi needs immediate help to deal with diseases spreading in displacement camps for Cyclone Freddy survivors. The Malawi health minister told… Read more »
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Malawi: Authorities Using Excavators to Unearth Cyclone Freddy Dead Bodies
VOA, 28 March 2023
Authorities in Malawi have deployed excavators to help locate dead bodies believed to be trapped under the rubble after Cyclone Freddy destroyed houses two weeks ago. The cyclone,… Read more »
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Malawi: 'Roll-Up Your Sleeves and Get Back to Work for Better Tomorrow' - Chakwera Urge Malawians
Nyasa Times, 23 March 2023
President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera says following the devastating effects of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, Malawians cannot afford to mourn with hands folded on, but rather roll up their… Read more »
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Malawi: President Seeks More Support for Cyclone Victims
VOA, 22 March 2023
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera is appealing for additional humanitarian assistance for thousands of Malawians displaced by Cyclone Freddy, which has killed more than 500 people… Read more »
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Malawi: Cyclone Freddy Dumped Six Months' Rain in Six Days
African Arguments, 23 March 2023
With the death toll rising and the homeless increasing, Malawi, already grappling with a major cholera outbreak, sends out an SoS. Read more »
Malawi Focuses on Rebuilding Following Impact of Cyclone Freddy
President Lazarus Chakwera has called on citizens to "roll up their sleeves and get back to work" in an effort to rebuild Malawi, following the devastating effect of Cyclone Freddy, Nyasa Times reports. "If we are to see the light of a new dawn again, we must take necessary steps now for safeguarding a brighter tomorrow," he said.
This comes after a surge in the number of cholera cases reported among children in the wake of the disaster. The Southern African Development Community released U.S.$300,000 to Malawi for humanitarian assistance.
As of March 22, 2023, the death toll from Cyclone Freddy stood at 507 in Malawi while 1,332 people were injured and 537 were reported missing.
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Millions of children are at risk in the face of a potential increase in cholera cases in Malawi and Mozambique in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which ravaged both ... Read more »
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The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Freddy has passed 300, with authorities in Mozambique and Malawi taking several days to assess the extent of the damage and loss of ... Read more »
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Malawi has declared a state of disaster after Cyclone Freddy, which has killed at least 219 people in Malawi and Mozambique and displaced 11,000. The disaster declaration is a part ... Read more »
