Malawians fear storm Freddy could make deadliest cholera outbreak worse

FILE PHOTO: Displaced flood victims from Chiradzulu district rest at Montfort Primary School which is used for temporary shelter after their homes were damaged by mudslides and rockfalls in the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy in Blantyre, Malawi, March 16, 2023. REUTERS/Esa Alexander

BLANTYRE (Reuters) - Despite her fears, Fyness Afiki joined other women drawing dirty water from a well in Malawi's second-biggest city Blantyre, which is still reeling from the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Freddy.

"I am fearful of cholera but there is no potable water and I have no option. I don't have money," she told Reuters on Friday in Blantyre's Ndirande township.