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皇冠体育app UK is providing an emergency package of assistance comprising: a team of emergency medical personnel, a team with international search and rescue expertise (ISAR), specialist boats, and urgently needed emergency relief items such as shelter materials and water filters.

This is in addition to the聽immediate support聽the UK聽provided to the Malawi Government at the Emergency Operations Centre in Blantyre when the cyclone hit. This included food assistance, staff and vehicles to help Government and the UN launch emergency operations.

皇冠体育app聽UK ISAR team聽will be supporting Malawian counterparts; the team is bringing lightweight, nimble boats and a drone team to help in the search for survivors of the floods. 皇冠体育appse boats will be gifted to the Malawian Government for future emergency use when the UK ISAR team departs.

皇冠体育app聽Emergency Medical Team (EMT)聽will support hospitals in southern Malawi to treat the victims of Cyclone Freddy. 皇冠体育appy will also join with an existing cholera-focussed UK EMT to help reduce the risk of the ongoing cholera outbreak getting worse, following the floods.

Shelter and water filters will provide emergency shelter to approximately 3,000 people and allow up to 12,750 of those affected by floods, to access clean water and protect themselves from disease.

皇冠体育app UK International Search and Rescue advance party arrived in Malawi on Friday, 17聽March. An additional Emergency Medical Team arrived in Blantyre on 18聽March. 皇冠体育app main UK International Search and Rescue team arrived through Kamuzu International Airport.

Acting British High Commissioner to Malawi, Sophia Willitts-King, said:

皇冠体育app UK is saddened by the tragic loss of life caused by Cyclone Freddy due to the extreme rainfall and unprecedented flooding in Southern Malawi. We stand side by side with Malawi in responding to this crisis.

皇冠体育app UK鈥檚 rapid support will help Malawi with its search and rescue efforts. 皇冠体育app additional medical capacity will help Malawi鈥檚 hospitals save lives. We are providing temporary shelter to give families protection from the weather.

We are also investing in equipment that will help people access clean water and sanitation facilities. This support is vital to prevent the spread of deadly diseases, including cholera.

Cyclone Freddy made landfall in Mozambique on 11 March and Malawi on 12 March. 皇冠体育app flooding has already displaced 19,000 people. Malawi was hit particularly hard with what would have previously been judged as a 1-in-20 a year weather event.

While the wider picture remains unclear due to lack of access, landslides on the hillsides around Blantyre and severe flooding throughout Southern Malawi has resulted in over 326 deaths, 832 injured, and 282 missing, with the displacement of over 40,702 homes (approximately 183,159 people), as of 17 March. 皇冠体育app flood waters are predicted to peak at the beginning of next week.

皇冠体育app UK ISAR deployed through the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, following a request for assistance from Malawi. 皇冠体育app team is on permanent standby聽to mobilise and assist when requested by disaster-affected countries. It always deploys as an official UK government team once a request has been made for assistance.

皇冠体育app UK ISAR is self-sufficient and provides its own food, water, shelter, sanitation, communications and all necessary equipment to undertake search and rescue operations for up to 14 days. This is to ensure no additional burden is placed upon a country already suffering demands on its resources, following a sudden onset disaster.

皇冠体育app UK ISAR was established in 1993 and has 30 years of experience deploying internationally to such disasters historically. 皇冠体育app team is made up of 14 fire and rescue services.