![People stand near the destruction caused by mudslide which occurred due to heavy rains resulting from the effects of tropical cyclone freddy, that left hundreds of people dead in Malawi, pictured during Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) soldiers operation to rescue victims or recover their bodies at Manje informal settlement in Blantyre, southern Malawi on 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. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP) (Photo by AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/850858d220b70aa10f6858c778bfeb6eaad26ae2/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/03/17/ciclone-freddy-malawi/0-ciclone-freddy-malawi-getty.jpg?im=Resize,width=375)
Ciclone Freddy, in Malawi 183mila sfollati e più di 400 morti nella zona colpita
Il timore di autorità e soccorritori è che la fine della raffiche di vento e pioggia sia solo il preludio di una crisi più ampia, con un effetto domino già visto per altre calamità naturali
![1248253476 TOPSHOT - People wander in the water flooded affected Chimwankhunda location in Blantyre on March 14, 2023 following heavy rains caused by cyclone Freddy. - The death toll from Cyclone Freddy in Malawi and Mozambique passed 200 on March 14, 2023 after the record-breaking storm triggered floods and landslips in its second strike on Africa in less than three weeks.
Rescue workers warned that more victims were likely as they scoured destroyed neighbourhoods for survivors even as hopes dwindled.
The fierce storm delivered its second punch to southeastern Africa starting at the weekend, its second landfall since late February after brewing off Australia and traversing the Indian Ocean.
Malawi's government said at least 190 people were killed with 584 injured and 37 missing, while authorities in neighbouring Mozambique reported 20 deaths and 24 injured. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP) (Photo by AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/c7a6fdeab2b55b28d28f75b9a6f9fe7948251ac3/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/03/17/ciclone-freddy-malawi/1-ciclone-freddy-malawi-getty.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
Il ciclone Freddy, di eccezionale durata, ha ucciso più di 400 persone nell'Africa meridionale, la stragrande maggioranza delle quali in Malawi, dove il bilancio si aggrava di ora in ora, mentre la speranza di trovare sopravvissuti si fa sempre più esile. Freddy ha colpito due volte in poche settimane la regione, uccidendo sul suo cammino 73 persone in Mozambico, 17 in Madagascar e 326 in Malawi, secondo l'ultimo rapporto reso noto dal presidente di quest’ultimo Paese. Il numero degli sfollati è più che raddoppiato, superando, in Malawi, quota 183mila
Perù, il ciclone Yaku provoca frane nel nord del paese![1248392602 An excavator digs to search for survivors after mudslide which occurred due to heavy rains resulting from cyclone Freddy at Manje informal settlement in Blantyre, southern Malawi, on 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. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP) (Photo by AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/217ef00e27355bd9fe3345e12c21dbd3a7c1d79b/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/03/17/ciclone-freddy-malawi/2-ciclone-freddy-malawi-getty.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
Il timore di autorità e soccorritori è che la fine della raffiche di vento e pioggia sia solo il preludio di una crisi più ampia, con un effetto domino già visto per altre calamità naturali. Il Malawi sta già fronteggiando una delle peggiori epidemie di colera della sua storia, con oltre 40mila casi diagnosticati e più di 1.300 vittime a febbraio 2023
Malawi colpito dal ciclone Freddy![1248379252 Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) soldiers work with community members to recover bodies of victims of landslides which occurred due to heavy rains resulting from cyclone Freddy during an MDF rescue operation at Manje informal settlement in Blantyre, southern Malawi on 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. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP) (Photo by AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/beacdbe4c928b312c10c6051769380c2dd57aa1c/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/03/17/ciclone-freddy-malawi/3-ciclone-freddy-malawi-getty.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
Le ricadute del ciclone potrebbero esasperare ancora di più i contagi, oltre a complicare una distribuzione di vaccini già ristretta dall’aumento di domanda di farmaci su scala globale
Terremoto e ciclone, stato d'emergenza alle isole Vanuatu![1248371009 People look on as an excavator digs through the mud in search for bodies in the township of Manje in Blantyre on 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. (Photo by Jack McBrams / AFP) (Photo by JACK MCBRAMS/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/39c02286dc0b03bff0e423e4c90f5854c4168e6d/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/03/17/ciclone-freddy-malawi/4-ciclone-freddy-malawi-getty.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
La stessa epidemia in atto nel paese dell’Africa australe è scoppiata a inizio 2022, quando la tempesta tropicale Ana e il ciclone Gombe hanno costretto allo sfollamento una quota di popolazione e ridotto l’accesso ad acqua potabile e livelli igienici adeguati. Freddy ha iniziato a colpire l’Africa australe verso la fine di febbraio 2022, lambendo il Mozambico e le isole di Madagascar e Réunion
Nuova Zelanda, almeno 11 morti per il ciclone Gabrielle![1248379514 Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) soldiers work to recover bodies of victims of landslides which occurred due to heavy rains resulting from cyclone Freddy during an MDF rescue operation at Manje informal settlement in Blantyre, southern Malawi on 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. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP) (Photo by AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/3d37e65e68dc301eb2d131d4126cf7e3cb0d9831/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/03/17/ciclone-freddy-malawi/7-ciclone-freddy-malawi-getty.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
Detto questo, i soccorsi sono in azione, ma la mole di interventi è destinata a crescere mano a mano che aumenta il bilancio di sfollati e feriti. Al momento, i cittadini costretti ad abbandonare le proprie case sono ospitati in "80 centri di transito, ma il numero aumenterà via via che si accede a zone colpite", le parole al Sole 24 Ore di Laura Morisio, responsabile progetti per il Mozambico della Ong Avsi
![1248253307 People repatriate residents and their property from a flood affected Chimwankhunda location in Blantyre on March 14, 2023 following heavy rains caused by cyclone Freddy. - The death toll from Cyclone Freddy in Malawi and Mozambique passed 200 on March 14, 2023 after the record-breaking storm triggered floods and landslips in its second strike on Africa in less than three weeks.
Rescue workers warned that more victims were likely as they scoured destroyed neighbourhoods for survivors even as hopes dwindled.
The fierce storm delivered its second punch to southeastern Africa starting at the weekend, its second landfall since late February after brewing off Australia and traversing the Indian Ocean.
Malawi's government said at least 190 people were killed with 584 injured and 37 missing, while authorities in neighbouring Mozambique reported 20 deaths and 24 injured. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP) (Photo by AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/ae3e74f7d0803fe6e30948ec6b759d15e60d5642/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/03/17/ciclone-freddy-malawi/8-ciclone-freddy-malawi-getty.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
"Le ferite del ciclone Idai sono fresche", ha detto Morisio, evidenziando che la ricostruzione del disastro è ancora in corso e la regione si trova stretta in una congiuntura tutt’altro che agevole fra crisi climatica, economica e securitaria: l’insurrezione jihadista nella provincia settentrionale di Cabo Delgado, iniziata nel 2019, ha costretto almeno un milione di cittadini alla fuga e minaccia di espandersi sia a nord, sui confini della Tanzania, sia a sud, in una traiettoria che preoccupa le aree confinanti
![1248253664 An ambulance leaves a water flooded area at Chimwankhunda location in Blantyre on March 14, 2023 following heavy rains caused by cyclone Freddy. - The death toll from Cyclone Freddy in Malawi and Mozambique passed 200 on March 14, 2023 after the record-breaking storm triggered floods and landslips in its second strike on Africa in less than three weeks.
Rescue workers warned that more victims were likely as they scoured destroyed neighbourhoods for survivors even as hopes dwindled.
The fierce storm delivered its second punch to southeastern Africa starting at the weekend, its second landfall since late February after brewing off Australia and traversing the Indian Ocean.
Malawi's government said at least 190 people were killed with 584 injured and 37 missing, while authorities in neighbouring Mozambique reported 20 deaths and 24 injured. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP) (Photo by AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/5134b8e344673df7ccf22fc70f62fc447ba10c5d/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/03/17/ciclone-freddy-malawi/9-ciclone-freddy-malawi-getty.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
Senza trascurare, infine, i contraccolpi indiretti del Covid, la pandemia che ha urtato i paesi africani più sul versante economico che su quello sanitario. Nazioni Unite e Ong hanno già predisposto un intervento in Malawi e Mozambico, con misure d’emergenza per evitare che la crisi sfugga di mano