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democracynow.org / 21 March, 2023

U.N. Warns 'Climate Time Bomb Is Ticking' as Cyclone Freddy Death Toll Tops 560 in Malawi & Mozambique

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN : This is Democracy Now! , democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report . Im Amy Goodman. As we continue to look at the climate emergency, we turn to southeast Africa, where Tropical Cyclone Freddy has killed over 500 people in Malawi and at least 66 people in Mozambique. Over half a million people have been displaced. Cyclone Freddy, one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere and the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record.

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