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.
"The girl was trapped in the mud at the edge of the torrent when some of the neighbours managed to reach her," he told Reuters, standing in his house where mud blocked the windows and covered the floor.
"Even though the water was very strong, we managed to cross and rescue her. It was very difficult but we managed to pull her out," he said., has left a trail of destruction after it circled back to hit the region for a second time over the weekend since first making landfall last month.Relatives of people who lost their lives in the aftermath of after Storm Freddy, search for their bodies at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital mortuary in Blantyre, Malawi March 14, 2023.
"I have lost six houses which I was letting out. They were my retirement package and all I had," he said.Huddled under umbrellas outside a mortuary in Blantyre, grief-stricken families waited to identify loved ones.
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