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Cyclone Freddy: Malawi struggling to recover, food prices soar. In the picture a man carrying a baby on his back stands stranded with several others as rains continue to pour. Photo/TheNewHumaniterian
  • Price of staples goes up 300 percent compared to the same time last year.
  • UNICEF estimates more than 4.8 million children are in dire humanitarian need.
  • Over 500 000 people displaced 

The social and economic impact of tropical cyclone Freddy on Malawi continues to worsen as inflation kicks in on all staple foods.

While recovery efforts are ongoing, Malawi is now under high pressure to stabilize food prices. It is now over ten days since the South-Eastern African country was hit by what is considered the worst-known tropical cycle to ever occur anywhere in the world.

“Very intense Tropical Cyclone Freddy was an exceptionally long-lived, powerful, and deadly storm that traversed the southern Indian Ocean for more than five weeks in February and March 2023. Freddy is both the longest-lasting and highest-ACE-producing tropical cyclone ever recorded worldwide,” reports the World Food Programme (WFP).

The report cites 1,078mm of rain fell …