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Zimbabwe safe from severe Tropical Storm Dikeledi

The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has assured Zimbabweans that the country will not be affected by Severe Tropical Storm Dikeledi throughout the week of Friday, January 10 to Wednesday, January 15, 2025. The storm is currently l…

Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 18:46hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter

Rains rekindle hope

The recent downgraded Cyclone Chido has brought much-needed relief to farmers in Zimbabwe's southern regions, rejuvenating crops, pastures, and water sources that had been under severe stress due to the dry spell. The cyclone, although wea…

Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:46hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter

Cyclone Chido to bring heavy storms across Zimbabwe

Tropical Cyclone Chido is expected to make landfall in Zimbabwe today, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has announced. While the cyclone has weakened after moving west-southwestward over land, it is expected to bring widespread…

Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 10:35hrs | 4197 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe braces for Cyclone Chido's impact

Tropical Cyclone Chido is expected to reach Zimbabwe tomorrow afternoon, bringing strong winds and heavy rains, with authorities on high alert to mitigate potential damage and loss of life.Forecasts indicate the cyclone will primarily affe…

Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:13hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter

Heavy rains expected in Zimbabwe

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Humanitarian and Emergency Operations Centre (SHOC) has raised an urgent alert regarding Tropical Cyclone Chido, currently forming over the southwestern Indian Ocean. Positioned approximate…

Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:32hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe prepares for tropical cyclone

Zimbabwe is taking precautionary measures to mitigate potential impacts from Tropical Cyclone Chido, which is currently located northeast of Madagascar. Though meteorological experts predict minimal effects on Southern Africa, the governme…

Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 14:39hrs | 1404 | by Staff reporter

Mphoko's body arrives

The body of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, who passed away in India last week at the age of 84, arrived in Harare yesterday. He was accompanied by his wife, Laurinda, their children, and other family members. Mphoko has been dec…

Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 06:43hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter

Tropical cyclone Chido to hit Zimbabwe on December 17

The Meteorological Services Department (MSD), in collaboration with the Department of Civil Protection, has issued an alert regarding Tropical Cyclone Chido, which has intensified significantly over the past 24 hours. Currently situated no…

Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 06:42hrs | 2748 | by Staff reporter

'Cyclone Chido not a threat to Zimbabwe'

The Southern African Development Community Humanitarian and Emergency Operations Centre (SHOC) has issued an alert regarding Tropical Cyclone Chido, which has formed over the south-western Indian Ocean, approximately 1,332 kilometers off M…

Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 06:34hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter

Cyclone Bheki forms over Indian Ocean, Southern Africa braces for potential impact

The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has announced the formation of Cyclone Bheki, the second tropical storm of the season, over the Indian Ocean. While the storm is still far from Zimbabwe and poses no immediate threat, authoritie…

Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

BCC pins hope on tropical cyclones

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC), which is struggling to supply water to residents due to depleted water levels at its major supply dams, is now pinning its hope on the predicted tropical cyclones likely to hit the country during the 2023-24 ra…

Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Tropical storm Freddy on the rebound

Tropical storm Freddy, the longest-lived tropical cyclone on record which hit Madagascar, southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the third and fourth weeks of last month before returning to sea, is far from dead. The destructive storm has bee…

Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Chimanimani will never be the same again

The thought of 'lost in a nightmarish reverie soon' gave way to reality of unparalleled disaster, in no time I was in pitch black darkness, injured and alone. Super time had come and gone like any other day, my family had retired to bed at…

Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 15:03hrs | 3 | by Thomas Murisa.

Understanding Cyclone Idai, associated geomorphological processes

Global pressure patterns are a function of spatial temperature variations. We use weather maps to show spatial pressure variations and through analysing atmospheric variables such as wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure and temp…

Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | | by Energy Mutodi

These critics need more help than cyclone victims

CYCLONE Idai has brought out the good and the ugly in people.Many Zimbabweans have, commendably, risen to the occasion to assist fellow human beings, while others are using this as an opportunity to sneak in unrelated and expedient issues …

Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Conway Tutani

Cyclone aid must not be abused

Rumours and gossip wafting from the cyclone hit areas of Zimbabwe are not pleasing since a few 'baboon-handed' individuals are said to be helping themselves from the donations meant for those in dire straits. Most Zimbabweans are very good…

Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:11hrs | 1 | by Tondo Murisa

#Cyclone Idai: Mnangagwa on the ground

President Mnangagwa will today tour areas that were affected by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani to assess the extent of the damage and get a realistic appreciation of the situation on the ground. The President, who is here for two days, is acc…

Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Cyclone Idai a disaster to the region

Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai was the strongest tropical cyclone  to strike Mozambique  since Jokwe in 2008 and the deadliest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2019. The tenth named storm and record-breaking seventh intense tropical …

Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 12:24hrs | 3 | by Enos Denhere

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