Heavy rains that triggered floods and mudslides have killed over 200 people in Malawi

Heavy rains that triggered floods and mudslides have killed over 200 people in Malawi

Heavy rains that triggered floods and mudslides have killed over 200 people in Malawi, authorities said Tuesday.

The country's President, Lazarus Chakwera declared a "state of disaster" in the southern region and the now-ravaged commercial capital, Blantyre. 

Some 19,000 people in the south of the nation have been displaced.

"The situation is critical in Zambezia province. We can't advance with an accurate picture of the scale of damage because there's no communications with all the regions," Health Minister Armindo Tiago.