Update: Following recent heavy rains in Malawi, international organisations are evaluating the damage to vulnerable communities. A global climate briefing published by Table Media on April 2 reported that the extreme weather has killed at least 13 people, injured 35, and affected nearly 10,000 households. The Department of Disaster Management Affairs noted that the storms forced numerous evacuations across the country.
The extreme weather has also caused significant damage to local agriculture. Humanitarian updates published on ReliefWeb identify lakeshore districts like Nkhotakota and southern areas like Chikwawa as severely hit by the recent rains, leaving farming communities to recover from damaged crops and displaced soil. This recent destruction compounds pre-existing food security vulnerabilities, which were detailed in an emergency agriculture support brief published by the Food and Agriculture Organization on April 2.