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49 killed as heavy rains wreak havoc
FORTY-NINE people have been killed in extreme weather incidents that have been recorded since the start of the rainy season, with the authorities forecasting more heavy rains across the country until ...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:45hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Flood warning for Matebeleland, Midlands provinces
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has issued a warning for heavy rains exceeding 70 millimetres within 24 hours, set to affect the Matebeleland region and the Midlands from Wednesday, 19 Fe...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:38hrs | 2287 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo toddler drowns in drainage'
The Bulawayo Fire Brigade was last night involved in an intense search for a missing toddler who was reportedly swept away by flash floods in New Lobengula suburb.The child, believed to be bet...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 06:37hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains, flash floods expected in Matebeleland
The Matebeleland region is bracing for flash floods as heavy rains are set to hit the country from today until Tuesday, according to the Meteorological Services Department (MSD).The MSD issued...Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:40hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Flooding woes as Gwanda drainage system fails
Residents of Gwanda, the Matabeleland South capital, have expressed concern over the town's drainage system, which has been overwhelmed by recent heavy rains, leading to flooded streets and homes....Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:52hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
15 dead as heavy rains ravage Zimbabwe
At least 15 people have died, and 785 households have been affected across Zimbabwe as relentless rains continue to wreak havoc in many parts of the country. The devastation, recorded since September ...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 06:57hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for heavy rains and flash floods
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has cautioned that most parts of Zimbabwe will experience heavy rains, thunderstorms, and flash floods through Saturday. The public has been urged to avoid...Published: 10 Jan 2025 at 11:44hrs | 2009 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for heavy rains over Christmas
The Meteorological Service Department (MSD) has issued a weather warning for widespread rains across Zimbabwe during the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays, urging the public to exercise caution, parti...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:19hrs | 946 | by Staff reporter
Gold miner buried alive as flash floods hit river
A tragic accident unfolded in Umzingwane District when flash floods swept through the Lunga River, burying a 20-year-old illegal gold miner alive in a pit that was meant to be his livelihood. The mine...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:14hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Chido wreaks havoc, Zimbabwe braces for Impact
Cyclone Chido, one of the strongest storms to hit Southern Africa in recent years, has caused widespread devastation in Mauritius, Madagascar, Mayotte, and Mozambique. The powerful cyclone, which made...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 04:38hrs | 3370 | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm hits Bulawayo as Cyclone Chido looms
Bulawayo was battered by a fierce hailstorm yesterday evening, with strong winds, lightning, and balls of ice carpeting the streets and open spaces. The storm, which lasted approximately 20 minutes be...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1698 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rain exposes Bulawayo's inadequate drainage system
Bulawayo experienced heavy rainfall on Sunday, exposing the city's inadequate storm drainage system and causing widespread flooding on roads. The city centre was particularly affected, with blocked dr...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:10hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents urged to stop littering amid clogged drainage
Residents of Bulawayo have been urged to take responsibility for their surroundings by avoiding littering, in a bid to prevent the clogging of the city's already problematic drainage systems.R...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 13:06hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Floods warning in Bulawayo
In preparation for the rainy season, Bulawayo's Civil Protection Unit, in collaboration with several civic society groups, has launched an awareness campaign aimed at educating residents on flood safe...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 13:46hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors fear flash floods
As the rainy season approaches, Bulawayo councillors are directing Ward Retention Funds (WRF) towards improving the city's drainage systems to prevent flooding into residential areas. These funds, whi...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:47hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents face damage as heavy rains bring flooding
The onset of the rainy season has caused widespread damage in Bulawayo, with homes, vehicles, and properties affected by flash floods following three days of heavy downpours. The rains have overwhelme...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:27hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Rains spark optimism for Zimbabwe's planting season
The recent rains across Zimbabwe have brought hope to farmers nationwide, with several regions receiving over 20mm of rainfall, a key marker for initiating the planting season. Notable downpours were ...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:26hrs | 195 | by Sgtaff reporter
Bulawayo city fathers urged to fix drainage system before rainy season
Residents of Bulawayo's suburbs have expressed growing concerns over the state of the city's drainage system, urging the Bulawayo City Council to address the issue before the onset of the 2024-2025 ra...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:32hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
JZ Moyo's son laments Zimbabwe govt 'betrayal'
LATE nationalist Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo's son George Moyo has expressed disappointment with the government for failing to honour its promise to turn the late national hero's house in Bulawayo's M...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Meteorological Services Department issues heavy rains warning
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has advised that heavy rains in excess of 50mm accompanied by lightning and strong winds are expected along the main watershed, which is the region straddl...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Met Dept issues heavy rains alert
HEAVY rains are expected across much of the country for the next seven days from today to Wednesday next week, the Meteorological Services Department forecasts, as the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone ...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt abandons flood victims
GOVERNMENT has availed accommodation for only 27 families in Budiriro, Harare that were affected by floods two years ago, leaving victims of the current flash floods stranded.Tens of families ...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:13hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Council by-laws to criminalise land barons
THE City of Harare is crafting by-laws to provide for the criminalisation of land barons wreaking havoc in the capital including parcelling out land on wetlands to desperate homeseekers.Land b...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:13hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Flash floods damage 1 600 houses
MORE than 1 600 houses have been damaged in flash flooding incidents since commencement of the rainy season in October, resulting in the loss of properties valued at thousands of dollars.To da...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:49hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Harare families evacuated from flooded areas
More than 100 families have been relocated to temporary shelters due to flash floods displacing residents in the Budiriro and Kuwadzana suburbs of Harare.Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has urged th...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:31hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
59 households in Harare affected by flash floods
Fifty-nine households in Harare's Budiriro 5B Extension and the paddocks area of Kuwadzana have been affected by flash flooding along the Marimba River caused by the ongoing rains, with the river drai...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 06:59hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 123 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Hwahwa Prison roof blown off
A thunderstorm accompanied by strong winds blew off the roofing of a section of Hwahwa Prison in Gweru last Friday, prison authorities said.Prisoners were moved to buildings that remained inta...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 09:29hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Rains leave trail of destruction
TORRENTIAL rains accompanied by strong winds left a trail of destruction in Dete, Hwange District in Matebeleland North and Masvingo where several homes had their roofs blown off and other property da...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:53hrs | 18 | 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 t...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Council urges residents to open weep holes to prevent flash floods
Bulawayo City Council Chamber Secretary Sikhangele Zhou has appealed to residents to open weep holes in their precast perimeter walls to prevent flash floods during the upcoming rainy season.W...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 10:16hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Rains expose Bulawayo's street drainage
The heavy rains that fell over Bulawayo on Saturday laid bare the city's inadequate storm drainage system. This deficiency was particularly evident as roads became waterlogged, exacerbated by unregula...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Drought looms in southern Zimbabwe
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has issued a weather forecast for the 2023-24 farming season in Zimbabwe, predicting below-normal rainfall in some southern areas, with the possibility of ...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools to remain closed until Tuesday
SCHOOLS in provinces that are likely to be affected by Cyclone Freddy might be forced to remain closed until Tuesday as the affected areas are expected to receive heavy rains of over 65mm from today u...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:02hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe issues floods alert as heavy weekend rains expected
The good rains continue but the Meteorological Services Department has warned of localised heavy rains in excess of 50mm and flash flooding in areas with saturated soils, on wetlands, on impervious gr...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains, flash floods expected in Zimbabwe
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of heavy rain and flash flooding in the southern and eastern parts of the country from today up to February 15.In a statement yesterday,...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
6 day destructive rains forecast for Zimbabwe
THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) has warned that some parts of the country will experience violent thunderstorms and localised hail which may damage property between 29 December and 3 Janua...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
14 Zimbabwean Vapostori drown in SA
FOURTEEN members of the Johanne Masowe Baptist Church, believed to be Zimbabweans, have been confirmed dead after drowning during a baptism ceremony that went wrong in Jukskei River in South Africa....Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violent thunderstorms, localised hail expected today
Violent thunderstorms and localised hail, which may damage property, are expected countrywide today and tomorrow, the Meteorological Service Department forecast yesterday.Bulawayo, Tsholotsho ...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 04:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Meteorological Dept issues floods warning
THE Meteorological Services Department has warned of increased risk of floods in river basins, wetlands and low-lying areas such as Muzarabani and Mbire in Mashonaland Central with the Department of C...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Flash floods hit Beitbridge
DOZENS of Beitbridge families were left without food on Wednesday night following a violent storm that blacked out the border town and flooded several houses.No deaths or injuries were reporte...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea hits Gweru
The city of Gweru has reported increased cases of diarrhoea since the beginning of September, NewsDay has learnt.In a statement yesterday, council attributed the increase to climatic changes....Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Above normal rainfall forecast
Most parts of Southern Africa are expected to have normal to above-normal rainfall in the coming summer cropping season, especially the southern and central areas, which include Zimbabwe.The l...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Storm blacks-out most Bulawayo suburbs
HEAVY rains that hit Bulawayo yesterday morning triggered a power outage affecting most suburbs in the city, including the region's main referral hospital, Mpilo Central Hospital.Power is expe...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe currently not under cyclone threat
Zimbabwe is currently not under any threat from Tropical Cyclone Batsirai which is expected to reach Madagascar during the weekend, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said.There ...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Floods wreak havoc as downpours persist
The persistent rains falling countrywide have seen the usual seasonal flooding in some areas and blocked drains in urban areas.The rainy season started late, but since New Year rain has been f...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Civil Protection Unit raises flood alarm in Matabeleland North Province
THE Civil Protection Unit (CPU) has urged people living in low lying and flood-prone areas in Matabeleland North Province to relocate amid fears of flash floods.The rains which are pounding in...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 16:07hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Flash floods hit Victoria falls
VICTORIA Falls residents are counting their losses after flash floods caused by incessant rains that pounded the city since Friday destroyed pre-cast walls, household property, gardens and washed away...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Flash floods hit Pumula suburbs
Bulawayo's Pumula East, North and South suburbs were on Sunday afternoon hit by flash floods that left some houses submerged in water following heavy rains that pounded the city at the weekend....Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo plans arrests, heavy fines for littering
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has tightened the noose on littering and is in the process of engaging Government to impose deterrent fines on litter bugs.This year council will arrest and fine an...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
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