Torrential downpours and flooding had destroyed over 300 health facilities in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique, making it more challenging for displaced victims to seek medical help.
Freddy, still on track to become one of the world's longest tropical storms, leaves more than 460 people dead, says UN, with 360 in Malawi, 86 in Mozambique and 17 in Madagascar.
President Lazarus Chakwera declares two weeks of national mourning after Cyclone Freddy pummels the southeast African nation and its neighbour Mozambique, killing more than 60 there.
Weather conditions were expected to improve as the storm dissipated over land after days of torrential rains, but flood levels remained high in some areas hampering emergency efforts.
Freddy has left a trail of destruction in Malawi and Mozambique after it made landfall for the second time over the weekend.
Freddy is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere and could be the longest-lasting tropical cyclone, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Heavy rains and winds lash parts of Mozambique as Tropical Cyclone Freddy hits the country for the second time in two weeks, authorities and aid agencies say.
The tropical cyclone, which is currently rushing across the ocean with average wind speeds of 205 kilometres per hour, is equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane and is expected to dump heavy rain in the southeastern African coast.
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