Locals look at a wreck washed away during tropical storm Ana on the flooded Shire river, an outlet of Lake Malawi at Thabwa village, in Chikwawa district, southern Malawi, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara
Cyclone Ana has killed at least 34 people in Madagascar, two in Mozambique and four in Malawi, where thousands were left homeless.Malawi, which also lost power for two days, has deployed search and rescue teams to help people feared trapped in flood-hit areas.
Almost 16,000 people in the south of Malawi have been affected, according to the Red Cross, as search and rescue operations continue after the first cyclone of the region’s season.
Felix Washon of the Malawi Red Cross Society said people were sheltering in schools-turned-evacuation centres as the organisation rushed to provide survivors with basic necessities, including shelter, food, kitchen utensils, water buckets and washing facilities such as toilets and clean water, adding that they are running short on supplies.
A local carries his ware as he walks past a cut-off road damaged by tropical storm Ana at Thabwa village, in Chikwawa district, southern Malawi, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Eldson ChagaraPeople stand on the other side of a road destroyed by tropical storm Ana, along M1 Chikwawa road, Malawi, Jan. 26, 2022, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video.Locals look at a wreck washed away during tropical storm Ana on the flooded Shire river, an outlet of Lake Malawi at Thabwa village, in Chikwawa district, southern Malawi, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Eldson ChagaraChildren show off their catch, near a wreck washed away during tropical storm Ana on the flooded Shire river, an outlet of Lake Malawi at Thabwa village, in Chikwawa district, southern Malawi, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Eldson ChagaraMother and child sit next to tomatoes they sell to passersby, in front of their house destroyed during tropical storm Ana at Thabwa village, in Chikwawa district, southern Malawi, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara
