According to the most recent UN situation assessment, the total number of persons affected by Cyclone Freddy has increased to 383,000, including 226,000 in Madagascar and more than 163,300 in Mozambique.

“Even though the intensity of Cyclone Freddy was not as much as we expected, hundreds of thousands of people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Recovery will take months,” Pasqualina Di Sirio, the World Food Programme's representative in Madagascar told the BBC.

South-eastern Zimbabwe is not likely to flood because cyclone Freddy did not go as far inland as anticipated.