BLANTYRE, Malawi: Lacking sniffer dogs and armed just with shovels, rescuers in storm-ravaged Malawi on Thursday (Friday in Manila) made a grim hunt for buried bodies after Cyclone "Freddy" struck the southern African country, killing more than 300 people.

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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