One of the strongest storms recorded in the southern hemisphere hit region for second time in a month
, including 85 in the main commercial hub of Blantyre, said Charles Kalemba, the commissioner of the department of disaster management affairs, on Monday.
The central hospital in Blantyre had received at least 60 bodies by early afternoon, Doctors Without Borders country director Marion Péchayre told Reuters by telephone, adding that about 200 injured were being treated in the hospital. Malawi’s national electricity company, Egenco, said power generation capacity was unstable and it had experienced total system shutdown twice on Monday. It had shut down all major hydro power stations to protect them from damage, it said.
The health minister, Armindo Tiago, also said on public radio: “The situation is critical in Zambezia province. We can’t advance with an accurate picture of the scale of damage because there’s no communications with all the regions.”
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