Update on the situation in flood affected areas

The Civil Protection Unit has said that t least 850 people in the Siphepha area in Tsholotsho District were displaced by flooding and subsequently evacuated to a local primary school and hospital by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. In its latest situation report released last week, Tsholotsho District was the most affected.

CPU said the floods had also resulted in the straying of wild animals. The CPU said that in Lupane District, lions, zebras and buffaloes are being spotted in some areas thereby causing fear in affected communities. However, the National Parks Office has been notified to attend to the problem. In the Midlands Province’s Mberengwa District the entry and exit points of four bridges that is; Mwanezi, Chingezi, Zverenje and Tandavari, were extensively damaged while a number of power lines were downed and need urgent repair.

There were disruptions of water supply at Mwanezi Clinic, Jeka Rural Hospital and Chizungu and Chegato High schools.