Malawians search mud for bodies as Cyclone Freddy eases

As the rains ceased for the first time in five days, rescuers dug up decomposing bodies from the mud and the debris of homes that had been swept away by the storm.

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An excavator digs to search for survivors after mudslide which occurred due to heavy rains resulting from cyclone Freddy at Manje informal settlement in Blantyre, southern Malawi, on March 16, 2023. (
By NewVision Reporter
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Lacking sniffer dogs and armed just with shovels, rescuers in storm-ravaged Malawi on Thursday made a grim hunt for buried bodies after Cyclone Freddy struck the southern African country, killing

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