Heavy downpours overnight caused the Lilongwe River to burst its banks.
Two children on their way to school this morning have been swept away as floods hit Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, the country’s Times newspaper reports.
Heavy downpours overnight caused the Lilongwe River to burst its banks.
The Malawi Nation has posted a video on Instagram of the surging waters:
A video posted by MalawiNation (@malawination) on
A helicopter has been rescuing people. Lilongwe police spokesperson Kingsley Dandaula told the Times it managed to get to two boys who were trapped in the middle of a submerged maize field.
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