The men in the video above narrate in Shona how more than 200 people perished at one spot after an effort to save them using a rope failed. The event happened in Chimanimani on the night of 15 March 2019 when the Cyclone Idai hit the area.
WATCH: How More Than 200 People Perished At One Spot – Cyclone Idai (Shona)
Chimanimani after Cyclone Idai in March 2019
Disaster preparedness phase was grossly ill advised and this in future has to be the main focus area to avert the extreme losses that go with the disaster when in its striking phase. Much could have been averted if state organized preventive measures in a context of local, national, regional, continental and global protocols was done.