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Thousands homeless as Storm Freddy tears through southern Malawi - BBC News

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record

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US / 'rekɔ:d /

UK / ˈrekərd /

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  • noun
  • Highest or most extreme level achieved
  • Round plastic disc on which music has been stored
  • History of a person's past actions or achievements
  • verb
  • To indicate a temperature, speed, etc.; register
  • To write down or say what happened
  • To put music, sounds onto a device to store it

pattern

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US / 'pætn /

UK / ˈpætən /

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  • noun
  • Model to follow in making or doing something
  • Colors or shapes which are repeated on objects
  • Regular repeated behavior
  • verb
  • To copy the way something else is made

bury

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US / 'berɪ /

UK / ˈbɛri /

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  • verb
  • To put something into the ground and cover it

pick

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  • noun
  • Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
  • Item selected from a group of choices
  • verb
  • To take fruit or vegetables from a plant or tree
  • To decide on a thing from various choices; select
  • To remove (flower, etc.) with your fingers

child

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US / tʃaɪld /

UK / tʃaɪld /

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  • noun
  • A very young person, between about 2 and 15

but

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US / bət /

UK / bʌt,bət /

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

mud

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US / mʌd /

UK / mʌd /

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  • noun
  • Soft, wet dirt

not

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US / nɒt /

UK / nɑt /

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  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

powerful

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US / ˈpauəful /

UK / ˈpaʊəfəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Having control or influence over
  • Having a lot of physical force, energy, strength

our

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US / 'aʊə(r) /

UK / aʊr /

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to us

swerve

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US / swɜ:v /

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  • noun
  • A change of direction to avoid hitting something
  • verb
  • To change direction to avoid hitting something

whole

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US / həul /

UK / hol /

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  • adjecitve
  • Complete or full; all of
  • Being in a good condition
  • noun
  • Complete amount or sum; total

africa

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US / 'æfrɪkə /

UK / ˈæfrɪkə /

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  • noun
  • Continent between the Atlantic and Indian oceans

cyclone

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US / ˈsaɪkləʊn /

UK / ˈsaɪkloʊn /

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  • noun
  • Strong wind, similar to a hurricane, tornado, etc.

expect

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  • verb
  • To believe something is probably going to happen

mainland

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US / 'meɪnlænd /

UK / ˈmenˌlænd, -lənd /

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  • noun
  • Main land mass of a country or continent

yet

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US / jet /

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  • adverb
  • At a later time (used after ‘not’)
  • (Used to emphasize that thing is, will be greater)
  • Eventually; at a future time
  • Until now; up to the present
  • conjunction
  • Adding to what has been said, often as a contrast

sweep

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US / swi:p /

UK / swip /

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  • noun
  • Man who cleans chimneys
  • Act of cleaning a surface with a brush
  • Long, smooth movement made with your arm or a tool
  • Movement or search that covers a large area
  • verb
  • To clean something from a surface with a brush
  • To move or pass quickly and steadily
  • To search a very wide area for something

harding

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now

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  • adverb
  • At the present time or moment
  • Right away or in the next possible moment
  • Used to refer to something that just happened
  • Time between the present and a moment in the past
  • conjunction
  • Resulting from or because of something

south

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US / saʊθ /

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  • adjecitve
  • Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
  • Coming from the opposite direction from north
  • noun
  • The direction to your right of the rising sun

urgent

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US / ˈɜ:dʒənt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Very important and needing immediate attention
  • That needs to be done quickly

speak

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UK / spik /

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  • verb
  • To be able to use a certain language
  • To use words to tell information, express thoughts

continue

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US / kən'tɪnju: /

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  • verb
  • To do something without stopping, or after pausing
  • To start doing again after a break, pause, or stop

corner

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US / 'kɔ:nə(r) /

UK / ˈkɔrnɚ /

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  • noun
  • Place where two lines, sides, corners etc. meet
  • Edges of something, e.g. eyes, boxing ring
  • verb
  • To force into a position impossible to escape from
  • To go around a bend in the road (often by driving)

wait

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US / weɪt /

UK / wet /

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  • verb
  • To delay or not do something until later
  • To spend time until an expected thing happens
  • To remain in a place until a thing happens

landslide

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US / ˈlændslaɪd /

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  • noun
  • Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
  • A very big win (in an election)

here

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UK / hɪr /

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  • adverb
  • In this place; at this location, position or time

already

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US / ɔ:lˈredi /

UK / ɔlˈrɛdi /

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  • adverb
  • Having happened or been done before this time

thousand

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US / ˈθaʊznd /

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  • number
  • Number 1,000

will

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US / wɪl /

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  • noun
  • Desire or choice of someone
  • Document saying who gets your money when you die
  • Strong desire to do something; determination
  • Desire to do something; strong wish to do
  • other
  • Used with verbs to express the future
  • verb
  • To leave property to someone after your death
  • To use mental effort to make something happen
  • Am (is, are) likely to do
  • To influence someone to do something
  • To make something happen by strongly wanting it

weather

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US / 'weðə(r) /

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  • noun
  • Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
  • verb
  • To successfully deal with a difficult situation
  • To erode or become damaged due to the environment

strike

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US / straɪk /

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  • noun
  • A punch or hit
  • Fact of not hitting the ball when playing baseball
  • Refusal to work to get more pay, protest something
  • verb
  • To hit something
  • To suddenly become (e.g. rich)
  • To have an idea occur to you

rescue

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  • verb
  • To save someone who is in danger or in trouble

know

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US / nəʊ /

UK / noʊ /

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  • verb
  • To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • To feel sure or be convinced about something
  • To discover or be aware of something
  • To be able to distinguish
  • To have knowledge of things

moment

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US / 'məʊmənt /

UK / 'moʊmənt /

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  • noun
  • Very short or brief period of time
  • A particular period in time

awful

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US / ˈɔ:fl /

UK / ˈɔfəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Very bad; horrible; terrible

full

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US / fʊl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Containing all the parts; complete
  • Containing or holding as much as possible
  • Having had enough food
  • adverb
  • In a direct manner; completely

widespread

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US / ˈwaɪdspred /

UK / ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Happening or existing in many places

away

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US / ə'weɪ /

UK / əˈwe /

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  • adjecitve
  • Not present
  • adverb
  • Disappear completely
  • Doing something with a lot of energy
  • Not here; far from here; in a different direction
  • To a different area, location

month

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US / mʌnθ /

UK / mʌnθ /

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  • noun
  • One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year

clear

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US / klɪə(r) /

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  • adjecitve
  • Empty; without anything in it or on it
  • Being certain and without doubt
  • Being without any streaks, spots, or cracks
  • Easy to understand; well-explained; obvious
  • adverb
  • Completely; entirely; through the whole of
  • Away from; free from
  • verb
  • To recover from or remove a problem
  • To get rid of the entire contents of
  • To give permission for something to happen
  • To make a place or surface empty by removing
  • To prove that someone is not guilty or to blame

madagascar

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US / ˌmædə'ɡæskə(r) /

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  • other
  • A republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in
  • An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the th largest island in the wor

relentless

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US / rɪ'lentləs /

UK / rɪˈlɛntlɪs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Continuing without slowing or losing strength

before

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US / bɪˈfɔ:(r) /

UK / bɪˈfɔr,-ˈfor /

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  • adverb
  • At a time earlier than the present; previously
  • conjunction
  • In advance of something happening
  • preposition
  • In front of someone or something

have

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US / həv /

UK / hæv /

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  • verb
  • To drink, smoke, eat or use something
  • To experience the effects of something
  • To organize an event, or join in an activity
  • To own, possess, or hold something
  • To cause to happen or produce a particular effect

last

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US / lɑ:st /

UK / læst /

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  • adjecitve
  • Most recent; the latest
  • The one before
  • adverb
  • Final; with nothing following; after all others
  • Most recent; the latest
  • determiner
  • The one at the end
  • verb
  • To remain or continue for a certain period of time

part

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US / pɑ:t /

UK / pɑ:rt /

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  • adjecitve
  • To some degree; half; not fully
  • noun
  • Division of a book
  • Ratio of something, e.g. 3 of gin, 1 of tonic
  • A line in a person's hair, made with a comb
  • Character an actor plays on stage, movie, or TV
  • Some, but not all of a specific thing
  • Role in causing something to happen
  • verb
  • To make a line in a person's hair, by using a comb
  • To move two things apart creating a space
  • To leave someone, or to break off a relationship

accord

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US / ə'kɔ:d /

UK / əˈkɔ:rd /

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  • noun
  • Agreement or harmony
  • An agreement or treaty between countries
  • verb
  • To be in harmony or agreement; consent
  • To give (someone) the respect due to them

hamper

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US / ˈhæmpə(r) /

UK / ˈhæmpɚ /

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  • other
  • to prevent somebody from easily doing or achieving something

southern

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US / ˈsʌðən /

UK / ˈsʌðərn /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning a region in the south
  • Being in or toward the south

with

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US / wɪð /

UK / wɪð, wɪθ /

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  • preposition
  • As an employee of a certain company
  • Against something or someone
  • By using something as a means
  • Due to; because of
  • Including
  • Possessing as a feature
  • Related to
  • (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
  • Used to express that people or things are together

homeless

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US / ˈhəʊmləs /

UK / ˈhomlɪs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Having no home; living on the streets

head

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US / hed /

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  • noun
  • Counter for the number of cattle
  • Natural mental ability or intelligence
  • Leader or person with the greatest authority
  • Mind; mental ability; mental state
  • Side of a coin with a head on it
  • Top part of your body with eyes and a mouth
  • Starting point of something, e.g. a river
  • verb
  • To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • To be first or at the front or top (e.g. a list)
  • To travel or move toward a particular place; To go in a particular direction
  • To become the leader of something
  • To lead or be responsible for something

through

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US / θru: /

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  • adjecitve
  • having finished using or doing something
  • adverb
  • From the beginning of something until the end
  • preposition
  • Over, in, across an entire thing or place
  • Allowing you to pass between, or to
  • By a particular way or process; by the use of

time

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US / taɪm /

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  • noun
  • Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
  • Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
  • Occasion when something happens
  • Period or occasion that something occurred
  • Period in history or the past
  • Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
  • How long an event takes; duration
  • verb
  • To check speed at which music is performed
  • To choose a specific moment to do something
  • To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
  • To schedule something to occur at a specific moment

those

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  • determiner
  • The people or things we are talking about
  • pronoun
  • The objects far from the speaker

news

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  • noun
  • Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
  • Information about recent events

relative

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  • adjecitve
  • Measured or considered in comparison to another
  • (Grammar) referring to words that appear earlier
  • noun
  • Members of the family
  • Humans or animals sharing the same family history

one

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US / wʌn /

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  • pronoun
  • You; we; people in general; someone
  • The thing or person previously referred to
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to people generally
  • Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
  • number
  • Number 1

other

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US / 'ʌðə(r) /

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  • adjecitve
  • A thing different from that mentioned
  • determiner
  • (Something) else; not the first (one)
  • pronoun
  • Being the one and only thing of that category

strength

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US / streŋθ /

UK / strɛŋkθ, strɛŋθ, strɛnθ /

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  • noun
  • Condition of being strong

than

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US / ðən /

UK / ðən /

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  • conjunction
  • Used to compare two things that are not equal

the

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US / ðə /

UK / ðə /

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  • article
  • Used to refer to something already mentioned
  • Used to show there is only one of something
  • determiner
  • Used to describe all of a family

bad

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US / bæd /

UK / bæd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Not good; wrong
  • Lacking in good morals; evil
  • No longer fresh; spoiled

correspondent

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US / ˌkɒrəˈspɒndənt /

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  • noun
  • Journalist, as one reporting from other countries

tropical

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  • adjecitve
  • Hot and humid; near to the equator

hillside

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  • noun
  • Side or slope of a hill

make

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  • noun
  • Product made by a particular company; brand
  • verb
  • To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • To get to (a place) on time
  • To gain the status of (teacher, lawyer, etc.)
  • To create something by putting things together
  • To earn a certain amount of money at a job
  • To cause or force a person to do something
  • To cause something to happen or be formed

outside

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US / ˌaʊtˈsaɪd /

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  • adverb
  • Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing
  • noun
  • Area around or near something, such as a building
  • preposition
  • Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing

this

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US / ðɪs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Used to indicate something already been discussed
  • Used to indicate something happening around now
  • adverb
  • An indication by a physical motion or gesture
  • A specific amount of
  • determiner
  • Person, thing, or idea near you
  • pronoun
  • Person, thing that has already been discussed

wash

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  • noun
  • Clothes or other items that need cleaning
  • Movement of water with or against something else
  • verb
  • To clean someone or something with soap and water
  • To move somewhere by flowing

half

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  • adjecitve
  • Not complete
  • adverb
  • Partly; somewhat
  • noun
  • One of two equal periods of game time in a sport
  • The part you get when one is divided into two;

continent

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  • noun
  • Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia

identify

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  • verb
  • To indicate who or what someone or something is

live

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US / lɪv /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
  • Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
  • Glowing because burning; hot
  • Not yet killed (for food)
  • adverb
  • (Music, drama) as it is performed
  • verb
  • To be alive
  • To experience a particular type of life
  • To make your home in a house or town

worker

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US / ˈwɜ:kə(r) /

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  • noun
  • Person who works

red

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  • adjecitve
  • Being the color of blood

queue

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  • noun
  • Line of people or cars waiting for something

they

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US / ðeɪ /

UK / ðe /

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  • pronoun
  • Two or more people, animals, or things

bring

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US / brɪŋ /

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  • verb
  • To take or go with someone to a place

freddie

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US / ˈɑ:dʒəntain /

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mudslide

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US / ˈmʌdslaɪd /

UK / ˈmʌdˌslaɪd /

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  • noun
  • Landslide of mud

hospital

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US / ˈhɒspɪtl /

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  • noun
  • Building for sick people, with doctors and nurses

outbreak

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US / ˈaʊtbreɪk /

UK / ˈaʊtˌbrek /

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  • noun
  • Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.

death

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US / deθ /

UK / dɛθ /

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  • noun
  • When someone dies; the end of life

destruction

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US / dɪ'strʌkʃn /

UK / dɪˈstrʌkʃən /

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  • noun
  • Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair

way

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US / weɪ /

UK / we /

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  • adverb
  • Used to emphasize the amount of something
  • noun
  • Particular aspect of something being thought about
  • One of various choices that could be made
  • Particular existing condition or state
  • (Often long) distance or length of time
  • How something is done
  • Route to go to a place
  • Small street
  • Usual behavior, emotions or habits of someone

all

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US / ɔ:l /

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  • adverb
  • Completely; totally
  • determiner
  • Being every one of something
  • pronoun
  • 100% of something; the complete amount

most

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US / məʊst /

UK / most /

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  • adverb
  • Very; extremely
  • Greatest possible degree
  • pronoun
  • Nearly all of something

resident

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US / ˈrezɪdənt /

UK / ˈrɛzɪdənt, -ˌdɛnt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Someone who lives in a particular place
  • noun
  • Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital

cholera

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US / ˈkɒlərə /

UK / ˈkɑlərə /

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  • noun
  • Fatal disease from drinking dirty water

effort

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  • noun
  • Amount of work used trying to do something

grieve

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US / ɡri:v /

UK / ɡriv /

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  • verb
  • To feel great sadness, as when someone dies

help

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US / help /

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  • noun
  • Something given to enable a person to do something
  • Assistance given to someone in need
  • Someone who makes something easier or possible
  • verb
  • To act to enable a person to do something; assist
  • To make something better or less difficult

think

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US / θɪŋk /

UK / θɪŋk /

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  • verb
  • To have an idea about something without certainty
  • To have an idea, opinion or belief about something

peter

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US / ˈpi:tə(r) /

UK / ˈpitɚ /

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  • noun
  • Disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth

flooding

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US / flʌdɪŋ /

UK / flʌdɪŋ /

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  • verb
  • To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
  • (Of liquid) to fill or cover something completely

entirely

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US / ɪnˈtaɪəli /

UK / ɪnˈtaɪərli /

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  • adverb
  • Wholly; completely

from

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US / frəm /

UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /

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  • preposition
  • Starting at a particular place, time or level

overwhelm

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US / ˌəʊvəˈwelm /

UK / ˌoʊvərˈwelm /

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  • verb
  • To defeat something or someone completely
  • To affect someone emotionally in a strong way
  • To cause to have too much to handle (e.g. work)

plenty

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US / 'plentɪ /

UK / ˈplɛnti /

A2
  • pronoun
  • When there is not too little of something; a lot

out

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US / aʊt /

UK / aʊt /

A1
  • adverb
  • No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
  • Away from home, business, or the usual place
  • In a direction/movement away from inside or center
  • noun
  • Act when a batter cannot continue playing
  • verb
  • To tell people a secret

shore

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US / ʃɔ:(r) /

UK / ʃɔr, ʃor /

B1
  • noun
  • Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river

andrew

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US / ˈænˌdəʊvə, -də- /

UK / ˈænˌdovɚ, -də- /

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ten

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US / ten /

UK / tɛn /

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  • number
  • 10

neighbourhood

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US / ˈneɪbəhʊd /

UK / ˈneɪbərhʊd /

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  • noun
  • Area of a town or city that people live in

region

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US / 'ri:dʒən /

UK / ˈridʒən /

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  • noun
  • Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.

displace

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US / dɪs'pleɪs /

UK / dɪsˈples /

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  • verb
  • To cause someone to move from their usual place
  • To substitute something with something else

cross

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US / krɒs /

UK / krɔs, krɑs /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Angry and upset
  • From one side of something to the other
  • noun
  • (Of animals) mixture of breeds in one animal
  • Person's name
  • verb
  • To put one thing over another e.g. arms
  • To breed one type of animal or plant with another
  • To not to agree with someone; oppose
  • To go from one side of something to the other
  • To meet at one point

where

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US / hwɛə /

UK / hwɛr, wɛr /

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  • conjunction
  • At or in the place which
  • In whatever place
  • pronoun
  • Word you use to ask the location of something

and

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US / ənd /

UK / ənd, ən,ænd /

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  • conjunction
  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another

back

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US / bæk /

UK / bæk /

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  • adjecitve
  • Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
  • adverb
  • Have returned to a place you were before
  • noun
  • The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
  • Location at the rear of something
  • The reverse of side something
  • Area on the rear of your body
  • verb
  • To bet money on something
  • To go backwards in a car
  • To support and encourage someone or some cause

lot

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US / lɒt /

UK / lɑt /

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  • noun
  • What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • A group of people seen together
  • Item for sale at an auction
  • Small area of land used for a purpose e.g. parking

poor

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US / pʊə(r) /

UK / pʊr /

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  • adjecitve
  • Inferior; below the normal standard
  • Deserving of pity or sympathy
  • Without money; not rich

relief

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US / rɪˈli:f /

UK / rɪˈlif /

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  • noun
  • Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
  • Artwork, e.g. part of wall, that partly sticks out
  • People who replace other workers and their duties
  • Release from worry, stress or tension

house

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US / haʊs /

UK / haʊs /

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  • noun
  • Place where a specific activity or business occurs
  • Building in which a family, person lives
  • verb
  • To give someone a place to live
  • To contain or store something

least

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US / li:st /

UK / list /

A1
  • adverb
  • In the smallest or lowest way
  • noun
  • Something that is of the lowest or smallest degree

right

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US / raɪt /

UK / raɪt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Correct or true
  • The south side of you looking at the rising sun
  • adverb
  • Exactly in a place or time
  • Being appropriate for a particular event
  • In a straight or direct manner
  • noun
  • Something you are legally or morally allowed to do
  • Ideal of what is just and good
  • Political view based on conservatism
  • verb
  • To fix something previously wrong or unjust
  • To make upright, as a boat that has turned over

dead

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US / ded /

UK / dɛd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Not alive
  • Being bored or not interested
  • Unable to operate because electricity etc. ran out
  • Being unable to feel, physically or emotionally
  • adverb
  • Completely; absolutely

first

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US / fɜ:st /

UK / fɚst /

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  • adjecitve
  • 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
  • noun
  • Something that has not happened before
  • Position of the winner of a competition

get

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US / ɡet /

UK / ɡɛt /

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  • verb
  • To become affected by illness or disease
  • To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
  • To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
  • To go somewhere to obtain something
  • To (cause to) do a particular thing
  • To obtain, receive or be given something
  • To currently have
  • To prepare for use
  • To understand something being said or read

people

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US / 'pi:pl /

UK / ˈpipəl /

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  • noun
  • Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • Men, Women, Children

second

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US / 'sekənd /

UK / ˈsɛkənd /

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  • adjecitve
  • 2nd; the one following first
  • noun
  • Unit of time; one sixtieth of a minute
  • Short period of time that you wait for someone
  • (Do) soon

that

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US / ðæt /

UK / ðæt, ðət /

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  • adjecitve
  • The person or thing being talked about
  • Used to identify something both the speakers know
  • adverb
  • Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
  • To such a degree
  • conjunction
  • Used to connect a noun clause
  • Used to introduce an adverbial clause
  • Used to introduce a noun clause
  • determiner
  • Used as a noun to refer to something
  • pronoun
  • Referring an object far away
  • Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’

down

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US / daʊn /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being sad, sick, or unhappy
  • Not operating, working, or functioning as expected
  • adverb
  • In a sitting or lying position
  • Towards or on the ground, floor, or bottom
  • Written or copied onto a piece of paper or book
  • noun
  • A period of play in American Football
  • The soft, smooth hairs that cover a bird's body
  • preposition
  • Along something's path, course, or direction
  • Going from a higher position to a lower position
  • verb
  • To eat or drink very quickly and without stopping

extent

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US / ɪkˈstent /

UK / ɪkˈstɛnt /

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  • noun
  • Point, level or limit to which something reaches
  • Range or space included in something

sea

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US / /

UK / /

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  • noun
  • Very large group of people, similar-looking things
  • Large body of salty water with land around it

then

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US / ðen /

UK / ðɛn /

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  • adverb
  • A time that is not now
  • Following another thing in time or arrangement
  • Following on reasonably from what was just stated
  • At that time, not now

claim

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UK / klem /

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  • noun
  • Demand for something that is believed to be due
  • Something said to be true when others don't agree
  • verb
  • To demand something that is believed to be due
  • To cause someone's life to come to an end
  • To say something is true when others may not agree

hit

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UK / hɪt /

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  • noun
  • A planned killing, usually for money
  • Song, movie etc. that is successful
  • When someone strikes someone or something
  • Time when a player makes contact with the ball
  • Time when a website is accessed
  • verb
  • To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • To press something, such as a button or switch
  • To suddenly realize the importance of something
  • To move your hand, a bat, etc. against with force
  • To fight, attack or damage something or someone
  • To arrive at a specific place, level, or goal
  • To make contact with the ball in a game or sport

cause

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US / kɔ:z /

UK / kɔz /

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  • noun
  • Belief, goal or organization that people support
  • Reason for
  • verb
  • To make something happen; create effect or result
  • Introduction to Video Content
  • Thousands of people in southern Malawi are facing homelessness and displacement as a result of the powerful storm named Freddy. This storm, one of the most severe on record, has caused widespread flooding and landslides in the region, resulting in the deaths of at least 190 individuals. The ongoing rain has hampered rescue and relief efforts, adding to the challenges faced by the affected population. According to the Red Cross, over 20,000 people have been made homeless or displaced in various ways. This is the second time in a month that storm Freddy has struck southern Africa, having previously affected Mozambique and Madagascar before reaching Malawi.Southern Malawi has witnessed the devastating impact of storm Freddy, with entire neighborhoods being swept down hillsides and houses being washed away. The situation is dire, with grieving relatives queuing outside hospitals in Blantyre to identify the bodies of the deceased. Rescue workers are already overwhelmed, as they not only have to manage the aftermath of the storm but also deal with a cholera outbreak. The cyclone, initially hitting mainland Africa, unexpectedly regained strength after swerving back out to sea and ravaged one of the poorest areas in the continent upon returning to shore.The hospital in this region has reported 119 deaths, with a significant number of them being children. Residents affected by the mudslide fear that there are still more people buried in the mud, causing them to anticipate further casualties. Immediate assistance is urgently needed in this region, as tens of thousands of people are now homeless. The full extent of the destruction caused by Cyclone Freddy is yet to be determined.BBC correspondent Andrew Harding provides further details on the situation in southern Malawi. The region is in dire need of help, as the relentless Cyclone Freddy has left a trail of destruction in its wake.
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  • One of the most powerful storms on record has brought widespread flooding and landslides to southern Malawi and is now known to have claimed the lives of at least 190 people.
  • Rescue and relief efforts are being hampered by the continuing rain in the wake of tropical storm Freddie.
  • And now according to the Red Cross, more than 20,000 people have been made homeless there or displaced in other ways.
  • In an unusual weather pattern, it is the second time in a month that storm Freddie has struck this part of southern Africa, previously hitting Mozambique and Madagascar before reaching Malawi.
  • Our Africa correspondent Andrew Harding has more details.
  • This is southern Malawi.
  • Whole neighbourhoods have been swept down hillsides, washed away by the storm that won’t stop.
  • There are plenty of houses, plenty of houses, but they are all gone.
  • Here in Blantyre, Malawi, grieving relatives queue outside hospitals, waiting to identify the dead.
  • Rescue workers, already grappling with a cholera outbreak, are entirely overwhelmed.
  • Cyclone Freddie first hit mainland Africa last month, but instead of petering out as expected, it swerved back out to sea, picked up more strength, then headed back to shore, tearing through one of the poorest corners of the continent.
  • In the hospital where I am speaking from at the moment, they’ve had around 119 deaths, at least half of those of children.
  • And the residents where the mudslide was said that there were an awful lot more people buried in the mud.
  • So I think that this is going to get worse.
  • Right now, this region needs urgent help.
  • Tens of thousands of people are homeless, and the full extent of the destruction caused by the relentless Cyclone Freddie is not yet clear.
  • Andrew Harding, BBC News, South Africa.