Malawi funeral for 21 cyclone dead

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Blantyre - 15 March 2023
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HEADLINE: Malawi buries dead after cyclone Freddy
2. People carrying coffin
3. Wide coffin on the ground with people crying
ANNOTATION: As cyclone Freddy began to wane on Wednesday, funerals were held in the city of Blantyre following hundreds of reported deaths.
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ANNOTATION: There were scenes of grieving family members and relatives at funerals of victims and some spoke of massive losses.
5. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Clemence Jobani Dambe, bereaved relative:
“We have been deeply touched by the death of our brother and his wife. He has died along with his five male children. Another male member of our family together with his wife and two children have also passed bringing the number of lost relatives to 14 in our family.”
6. Wide Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera paying respect to families that have lost relatives
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Lazarus Chakwera, President of Malawi:
"Malawi is in a state of disaster. What Cyclone Freddy has done is to pull us back even when we were trying to rebuild because of past tragedies. And I appeal to the international community to please look at us with such favor because we need help."
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9. ANNOTATION: The cyclone has killed at least 225 people in Malawi's southern region including Blantyre, the country's financial hub, according to local authorities.
10. Various people gathered at funeral and woman with her hand on coffin
STORYLINE:
Monitors say Cyclone Freddy has dissipated after killing hundreds of people in Mozambique and Malawi but flooding still threatens both countries.

At least 225 people have died in Malawi’s south and within and around Blantyre, the country’s financial hub.

On Wednesday, funerals were held in Blantyre following hundreds of reported deaths.

There were scenes of grieving family members and relatives at funerals of victims and some spoke of massive losses.

In neighbouring Mozambique, at least 20 people have died since the storm made landfall in the port town of Quelimane on Saturday night.

The cyclone has displaced 88,000 in Malawi and more than 45,000 are holed up in shelters in Mozambique.

The heavy rains are now flowing downriver and causing more flooding. An official with Doctors Without Borders says the number of casualties will increase.

Cyclone Freddy developed near Australia, crossed the Indian Ocean and has caused destruction in southern Africa since late February.

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