Mozambique and Malawi are counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy after it ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend, leaving a trail of destruction and killing more than 60 people.
"A lot of are mud houses with tin roofs, so the roofs fall on people's heads."
Police spokesperson Peter Kalaya told Reuters that rescue teams had been looking for people in Chilobwe and Ndirande, two of the worst-affected townships in the country's second-largest city Blantyre, where it was still raining on Monday and many residents were without power.At least six people died in Mozambique's Quelimane, which was struck hard by the storm, authorities told the public broadcaster on Monday."The situation is critical in Zambezia province.
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