Zimbabwe’s Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and severe localized downpours and the possibility of associated flash flooding in the Matabeleland North and Midlands Provinces, all…
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned that poor distribution of rainfall in southern Africa is leading to severe drought in some areas and flooding risks in…
Heavy rain in the Johannesburg area yesterday caused flooding on some major roads to the east of the city. Meanwhile a storm and floods in Limpopo have left at least…
Zimbabwe is suffering a further bout of heavy rainfall which has caused flooding in the capital Harare. Meteorological Services Department of Zimbabwe (MSD) reported that 158 mm of rain fell…
A report from Human Rights Watch claims that the Zimbabwe government has used violence, harassment, and the deliberate restriction of humanitarian aid to coerce an estimated 20,000 flood victims to…
As quoted in local media, Malawi’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says that around 40,000 people have been displaced by the floods which first began in December 2014. So…
Heavy rainfall in parts of south east Africa over the last 2 weeks has resulted in flooding in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique. As reported earlier this week, as many as…
Further to the current flood disaster in Zimbabwe, Andrew Kunambura of the Financial Gazette writes below that the floods reveal the Zimbabwe government’s lack of preparedness in dealing with disaster.…
Recent floods in Zimbabwe have affected widespread areas, and according to Zimbabwe Red Cross, have destroyed over 160 houses. Red Cross volunteers are currently assisting with shelter construction in some…
Several days of heavy rainfall has resulted in flooding across wide areas of Zimbabwe. As many as 20 houses have been completely destroyed, with a further 30 or more damaged…
MWENEZI, 2 May 2014 (IRIN) – More than 3,000 families displaced by flooding in the Tokwe-Mukosi dam basin in Zimbabwe’s southeastern Masvingo Province are facing looming food shortages after more…
Following on the heels of the reported near collapse of the incomplete Tokwe Mukorsi dam in Zimbabwe, a certain degree of confusion surrounds the condition of the Kariba Dam on…
The torrential rains and flooding over the past two weeks at the Tokwe-Murkosi Dam in south-central Zimbabwe that have affected more than 22,000 people in the dam’s basin and about…
Zimbabwean authorities are evacuating hundreds of families from an area in Masvingo province, south of Harare, who are threatened by floodwaters and the possible collapse of the incomplete wall of…
Meteorological Services Department announced today, Thursday 19 December, that large amounts of rain are expected over the next three days, bringing the threat of widespread flooding. The department forecast says…
