By Charles Pensulo, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari | CNNTropical Cyclone Freddy has killed at least 326 people after it ripped through southern Malawi, the country’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs told CNN Thursday. A total of nine people, including Wachepa’s neighbor and a number of local children, died in the cyclone-induced rains, she told CNN. The deadly cyclone has broken records for the longest-lasting storm of its kind after making landfall in Mozambique for a second time, more than two weeks after the first. More than 22,000 people have been displaced by the tropical storm, according to Radio Mozambique. “It’s quite likely that number will go up,” Guy Taylor, chief of advocacy, communications and partnerships for UNICEF in Mozambique, told CNN Tuesday.

Source: CNN March 16, 2023 20:55 UTC