A heavy rain which accompanied lightning killed 14 people and destroyed eight thousand (8,000) houses in Malawi.
Report say storms have downed trees, power lines, and damaged roads, disrupting essential services across the country.
The commissioner of the Department for Disaster Management Affairs Wilson Moleni told newsmen that deaths and destruction have been reported in various parts of the country.
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“But since the country is still receiving heavy rains, there is a likelihood that the number of those dead will increase with time,” Molen said Friday.
He said his organization is working “tirelessly” to provide humanitarian support to those rendered homeless by the rains across the country.
According to him, “we are only appealing to the nation to take precautionary measures as the country continues to get rains so that this could avert further loss of lives.”
Last year, during the same time, at least eight people were killed, and 10,000 households were rendered homeless due to heavy rains.
In 2023, Cyclone Freddy killed thousands of people in the southern region of the country and displaced millions of others.
The country hasn’t yet recovered from the economic devastation of the cyclone.
Turkey media network “TRT Africa” reported that over the past two years, the country has been experiencing a severe food shortage. Last month, President Arthur Peter Mutharika declared state of national disaster in all 26 districts of the country and appealed for urgent humanitarian support.