Malawi Cyclone Appeal

Background Information:

Cyclone Freddy reached landlocked Malawi early on Monday morning after sweeping through Mozambique at the weekend.

The storm has unofficially broken the World Meteorological Organisation's benchmark as the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record, set in 1994 for a 31-day storm named John.

Freddy became a named storm on February 6, making landfall in Madagascar on February 21 and sweeping over the island before reaching Mozambique on February 24, claiming nearly two dozen lives in both countries and affecting nearly 400,000 people.

Situation very dire

The situation is very dire, There are many casualties, either wounded, missing or dead, and the numbers will only increase in the coming days, since some people are still missing.

Many people perished in mudslides that washed away homes while some areas it has swept even the whole village, (A village roughly comprises of 7 family members in a house and with an approximately of 167 family households)

Across the country, nearly 89,000 people have been affected and more than 19,000 displaced, with many now sheltering in schools and churches.

Freddy was still causing localised rains and winds in southern Malawi.

The death toll from Cyclone Freddy passed 270 on Tuesday after the record-breaking storm triggered floods and landslips.

Summary

• Freddy was still causing localized rains and winds in southern Malawi

• In Blantyre, Mulanje, Thyolo, Chiradzulu, Zomba, Phalombe stunned survivors surveyed flattened houses.

• Many people perished in mudslides that washed away homes/villages, roads, property, institution infrastructures etc.

Support Needed:

• Tents

• Food

• Clothes

• Beddings

• Education materials

• Cooking materials/equipment

• Sanitary pads e.t.c