Cyclone Freddy Death Toll Hits 476 as Rescue Operations Continue: Malawi
Department of Disaster Management Affairs says the discovery of the 29 bodies bring the total number of the dead as of Sunday night at 17:00gmt to 476.
Meanwhile, international support has now started flowing to Malawi with the United Nations assisting in providing critical logistical and humanitarian aid. Speaking after visiting flood-affected areas, UN Resident Coordinator for Malawi, Rebecca Adda-Dontoh said she was touched with grief seeing many traumatised victims of Tropical Freddy.
Currently military experts from Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania and search and rescue team from United Kingdom continue to retrieving bodies and rescue people still stranded in the mud.
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