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BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - Rains battered portions of flood-ravaged southern Africa Thursday, killing at least three people in Malawi and forcing Zambia to declare a national disaster.
Flood-related deaths in the region now total 38, with authorities and aid agencies fearing the toll will rise as more rain is expected.
Torrential rains in Zambia and Zimbabwe have swollen the mighty Zambezi river — Africa's fourth longest — to well above the flood limit, with valleys in Malawi and Mozambique bearing the brunt as the waters hurtle down toward the Indian Ocean.
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