Malawi’s health minister says cyclone was ‘totally unexpected’

More than 220 people in Malawi have died in floods and mudslides caused by Tropical Storm Freddy, and tens of thousands have lost their homes. Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda says Freddy is one of the most devastating cyclones ever in her country's recent history, and was “totally unexpected”.

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(Photo: Malawi's Health Minister, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda. Credit: Getty Images.)