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Cyclone Idai buried people with their belongings

WHEN we arrived in cyclone hit Chimanimani a week after the monstrous Idai, what we could only see at most places are stone boulders that had buried wholesome villages underneath and someone coming from another planet could think this is h…

Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 15:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Ministry official nabbed over Idai donations

A deputy director in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development on Saturday appeared before a Chipinge magistrate facing charges of stealing Cyclone Idai donations worth $3 000. The accused, Christin…

Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Spirit mediums also didn't foresee Cyclone Idai calamity

RECENTLY, I was taken aback when I heard the Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira mocking local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds and left thousands of families displaced while all t…

Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:44hrs | 4 | by Maxwell Sibanda

Zimbabwe military's humane face

HIS camouflage uniform discharges a heavy stench of sweat, while his dusty face, dirty hands and dry mouth betray what he has been through lately. Yet he continues to toil in the sun, offloading packs of donated foodstuffs from an army tru…

Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Cyclone Idai killed over 560 people, 500 still missing in Rusitu Valley'

THE International Organisation of Migration (IOM) in Zimbabwe has pegged the Cyclone Idai-induced floods death toll at over 560, with 261 deaths recorded in Manicaland and about 300 bodies discovered on the Indian Ocean coast in neighbouri…

Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

Grief as more Cylone Idai bodies found in Ngangu

More bodies continue to be exhumed in the rubble left behind by Cyclone Idai in Ngangu with those missing their loved ones still optimistic they will recover them dead or alive.Ruth Mwayengeni represents one of the many families whose live…

Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 16:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Census for cyclone-ravaged communities

Government will conduct a census using official records to ascertain the number of people who have been staying in communities that were affected by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge.This comes as South Africa yesterday despatched a…

Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter

Sniffer dogs to be used to recover Cyclone Idai bodies

South Africa yesterday despatched a team of 12 people - including police officers and sniffer dogs - to Manicaland Province to help with rescue and recovery efforts being spearheaded by the Government. The South African team, which is expe…

Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

More machinery needed to recover Cyclone Idai bodies

The government says there is still a lot of excavation work to be done to recover bodies of the people killed during cyclone Idai with the process being hampered by lack of machinery.Government is in a rush to ensure all bodies of deceased…

Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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 | 2 | by Energy Mutodi

Rocks from mountain crush huts in Zimbabwe

Thirty-year-old Chipo Dhliwayo was sleeping in her hut when the devastating Cyclone Idai landfall rolled huge boulders over whole villages in Zimbabwe's Chimanimani district in Manicaland province last week.Her husband had already rushed t…

Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 19:02hrs | 12 | by City Press

Even politicians will not divide us

ZIMBABWE is currently battling to come to terms with Cyclone Idai-induced devastation and politicians have conveniently taken advantage of the obtaining human suffering to score cheap political goals.Regardless, it is pleasing that Zimbabw…

Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:33hrs | | by Editorial - Daily News

Cyclone Idai deaths shoot to 259 in Zimbabwe

ABOUT 259 people have so far been confirmed dead and 217 unaccounted for, while over 16 000 households have been displaced by Cyclone Idai-induced floods that hit the eastern part of the country last week, a United National agency responsi…

Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

The storm that knew no boundaries

TROPICAL Cyclone Idai has made headlines across southern Africa throughout the month of March. Lingering in the Mozambique Channel at tropical cyclone intensity for six days, the storm made landfall in Beira, Mozambique in the middle of th…

Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:37hrs | 5 | by Jennifer Fitchett

#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

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