Tropical Cyclone Freddy hit the coast of Southern Africa for a second time over the weekend, bringing its total death toll to more than 220 people in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar.

The storm, which lasted for a month, had already broken one record and could break two more, according to meteorologists. Climate change is causing warmer oceans, and this heat energy from the water’s surface is fueling stronger storms.

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The official death toll stands at 190 in Malawi with hundreds more injured and missing. In neighbouring Mozambique, the death toll is 20. Many of the victims died as a result of mudslides in hilly Blantyre, Malawi’s second-biggest city. Torrential rain swept away thousands of homes and uprooted trees, leaving residents staring in disbelief at huge ravines in the roads and having to clamber across makeshift bridges as the rain continued.