Cyclone Freddy

After Cyclone Freddy, flood risk lingers for southern Africa

Malawi’s president, Lazarus Chakwera, has declared a 14-day national mourning period

A Storm Unlike Any Other: How Cyclone Freddy is breaking records and upending lives

Tropical Cyclone Freddy is exceptional mainly due to the fact that it has lasted longer than any other in historical records. Last week, it unofficially broke the World Meteorological Organisation's benchmark as the longest-lasting tropical cyclone set in 1994 for a 31-day storm named John

Malawi declares 14 days of mourning over cyclone deaths

Cyclone Freddy left a trail of death and destruction. In Malawi, it killed at least 225 people, injuring hundreds, and leaving 41 missing, according to official figures, as floods and mudslides washed away homes and buried their inhabitants

'Distressed by the devastation': PM Modi condoles loss of lives due to cyclone in Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar

Rescuers scrambled to reach survivors in Malawi's battered city of Blantyre, after Cyclone Freddy struck southern Africa for a second time, triggering floods and landslides that have killed more than 240 people across two countries

Cyclone Freddy to ease, in relief for Malawi, Mozambique

The cyclone has killed at least 199 people in Malawi’s southern region and within and around Blantyre, the country’s financial hub, according to local authorities

Cyclone Freddy kills 190 in Malawi as rain complicates rescue efforts

Freddy has also left a trail of destruction in Mozambique, where it made landfall over the weekend. More than 22,000 people there were seeking shelter away from their homes.

Malawi: Death toll from Cyclone Freddy rises to 190 as hopes for survivors dwindle

Many people perished in mudslides that washed away homes in the country's commercial capital, Blantyre. Across the country, nearly 59,000 people have been affected, and more than 19,000 displaced

Death toll climbs as Cyclone Freddy slams Malawi, Mozambique

The cyclone lashed over Mozambique and Malawi over the weekend and into Monday. It’s the second time the record-breaking cyclone — which has been causing destruction in southern Africa since late February — made landfall in mainland Africa.

32 days and counting: How Freddy is hurtling its way into becoming the world’s ‘longest-lasting’ tropical cyclone

Cyclone Freddy, which was first spotted in Australia’s Melbourne on 6 February, is all set to hit the southeastern African nation of Mozambique, days after making landfall late last month. The World Meteorological Organization is monitoring this ‘very rare’ storm which has killed at least 21 people

Mauritius lashed by rains as intense tropical Cyclone Freddy arrives

Images from the remote paradise island showed waves crashing to the shore and the wind whipping through palm trees