One person died and another was swept away trying to cross a flooded stretch of road in Nicoadala, central Mozambique, a local source told Lusa, after the second passage of Cyclone Freddy in Mozambique.

"A teacher tried to cross" on Monday and "the body was found during the night by fishermen", after being carried away by the current, said José Jofresse, head of the town of Nicoadala, near where the river covers the road.

Another young man "also tried to cross" on Monday, but was swept away and has not yet been found.

Although the river has already lost its strength, the signs of destruction show the fury caused by the heavy rain: there is a truck overturned off the road, trees uprooted from the ground and landslides.

There is a suspended road surface, with almost no embankment to support it, which heavy vehicles insist on driving over.

The road is one of those that connects to Quelimane, the provincial capital of Zambézia, and today there is a queue of dozens of trucks and buses waiting to get through.

The situation "is a common occurrence", and it also happened "last year, but not with such force", added Jofresse.

When they notice a slowdown in the current, the bus passengers make their way on foot through the flooded area.

"The river has cut through here and on the other side, so we're making this crossing," explained one of the people, who doesn't believe that the problem will be resolved quickly.

The official death toll from Cyclone Freddy's second pass through Mozambique remains at 10, according to the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD), while in Malawi it has risen to 190.

Amnesty International said today in a statement that these figures are likely to rise and that the two countries should be compensated for being among those that cause the least pollution but suffer the most from climate change.