Location:
Blantyre, ,
Post Date:
Mar 18, 2023 10:19 AM
TAG ID:
xnaphotostwo621327
(RM)
Credit:
Joseph Mizere / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom
Format:
5184 x 3456 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Joseph Mizere
Keywords:
wn, jt
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
(230318) -- BLANTYRE, March 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 17, 2023 shows a cyclone-affected area in Blantyre, Malawi. More bodies have been recovered in Malawi's southern region hit by Cyclone Freddy, bringing the total death toll to at least 438 as of 09:00 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) Friday, said the country's Department of Disaster Management Affairs. The death toll rose from Thursday's 326, said the department in its fifth update, adding that approximately 345,183 people (or 79,602 households) have been displaced and 505 camps have been set up to accommodate them. (Photo by Joseph Mizere/Xinhua)