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BLANTYRE 鈥� The last thing Lukia Akimu remembers is the surge of floodwater that hit her village near Mount Soche this week when Tropical听颁测肠濒辞苍别听贵谤别诲诲测听tore through southern听惭补濒补飞颈.

The next thing she knew, she woke up in a hospital, her head wrapped in bandages and her neck in a brace.

鈥淚 saw a lot of water and some people being washed away. Then I do not know what happened. I do not know who brought me here,鈥� the 35-year-old said from a bed in Queen Elizabeth hospital in the city of Blantyre.

It is not known whether any of her family members survived, a nurse told Reuters.

Tropical听颁测肠濒辞苍别听贵谤别诲诲测听has killed more than 400 people in听惭补濒补飞颈, Mozambique, and Madagascar since it first made landfall in Africa in late February and circled back to hit the region for a second time over the weekend.

The storm has now dissipated, but heavy rains are expected to continue in parts of听惭补濒补飞颈聽and will likely cause more floods around lakeshore areas, the ministry of natural resources and climate change said in a statement.

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In Mozambique, some villages have been completely cut off since the听肠测肠濒辞苍别听made its second landfall on Saturday.

鈥淲e mobilized boats and other means to search and rescue people. There are lots of communities stranded,鈥� Paulo Tomas, spokesperson for Mozambique鈥檚 disaster relief agency,听said.

鈥淎fter this time they are starving and in need of a proper meal and medical assistance.鈥�

At least 53 people have died in Mozambique and听326听in听惭补濒补飞颈聽since the weekend, according to government figures. The storm had already killed about 27 people in Madagascar and Mozambique before it lashed Mozambique a second time.

惭补濒补飞颈听笔谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟听Lazarus Chakwera visited Queen Elizabeth hospital on Thursday and prayed with flood victims. The storm injured at least 700 people in听惭补濒补飞颈聽at the last count.

As rain continued to fall, some had to bury their dead.

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In the southern village of Mtauchira, men stood in newly dug graves that had filled up like pools, scooping the water out with buckets so they could lower in the caskets.

While electricity was starting to come back in听惭补濒补飞颈聽on Thursday, many places affected by the storm still had no running water, including in Blantyre, the second-biggest city.

Some Blantyre residents said they wished they had heeded warnings to flee before the听肠测肠濒辞苍别听hit, but they had not understood the gravity of the situation and now had nowhere to go.

鈥淚t was very difficult for people to really understand what was going on prior to this storm. Government sent out the messages but then nothing happened,鈥� Blantyre resident Logasiano Misoya said. 鈥淚 am lucky to be alive.鈥�

贵谤别诲诲测听is one of the聽longest-lasting聽tropical听肠测肠濒辞苍别s ever recorded and one of the聽deadliest in Africa聽in recent years.

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