Tropical storm Freddy caused at least 10 deaths in Mozambique and 11 in Madagascar, according to a balance released yesterday (07) by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). On the way back to Madagascar last Sunday, the storm claimed four more lives and hit the southwest coast of the island, where it caused heavy rain and flooded or destroyed more than 3,300 houses in the districts of Morombe and Toliara, according to a balance sheet sent yesterday (07 ) to the EFE news agency. On February 24, it hit Mozambique, where ten people died, according to the latest UN data. The previous balance sheet pointed to seven dead in Mozambique. The cyclone hit the coast of Madagascar for the first time on February 21, where about 226,000 people were affected, of which 148,000 are in need of humanitarian aid, according to the UN. Freddy, which is expected to gain strength to become a cyclone again, could hit central and northern Mozambique again this week, according to weather forecasts. It is already one of the longest-lasting and longest-lasting cyclones in recent decades, traversing virtually the entire Indian Ocean from the coast of Indonesia to southern Africa. Source: Carta de Moçambique
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