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.
DEATH AND DEVASTATION Malawi Defense Force (MDF) soldiers recover a body of a victim of a landslide triggered by heavy rains brought by Cyclone ‘Freddy’ during an MDF rescue operation at Manje informal settlement in Blantyre, southern Malawi, on Thursday, March 16, 2023. As the rains ceased for the first time in five days, Malawi began the process of recovering bodies from Cyclone Freddy-induced mudslides. A joint operation by the military and members of the local communities recovered five bodies on March 16, 2023, from the mud. AFP PHOTO
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