Cyclone Freddy damaged 3,000 km of road - authorities

The Mozambique authorities say 3,000 km (1,860 miles) of road and more than 30 bridges were damaged in the centre and north of the country as a result of Cyclone Freddy.

“As soon as the rain has reduced, we have several colleagues on the ground collecting all the information about the damage caused so that minimum conditions for accessibility are created," said Calado Honwana from the National Roads Administration (ANE).

Hundreds of people have been killed in Malawi, Madagascar and Mozambique, and thousands of homes destroyed as a result of the deadly cyclone.

Freddy was one of the longest-lived storms ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, if not the whole world.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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