IN Malawi, where floods swept away entire villages this month after a storm tore through its southern districts, police officers and soldiers dug for victims buried under the mud and rocks as the death toll rose sharply. The storm has pounded the southern African country as tropical Cyclone Freddy swept through the region killing more than 500 people in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar since it first made landfall in Africa in late February and circled back for a second time over the weekend. While the storm had dissipated, the rain continued to hamper rescue efforts as vehicles struggled on flooded…