Over 1,085 households and 100.6 hectares of maize field have been affected by flash floods at Phanga area in Bwanje North Constituency in Ntcheu district. Ntcheu District Council spokesperson, Maston Kaiya has confirmed the development saying the incident occurred on Saturday evening where heavy rains with winds hit the area. He said six Group Village […]
The Department of Water Resources with support from the M-Climes project funded by UNDP will construct 22 new data collection platforms (DCP) to help control floods in the country. The project is part of an expansion of the Operation Decision Support System (ODSS) to central and northern catchment areas that control water levels in rivers […]
Two people are feared dead while 2, 294 households have been left without shelter following heavy rains that have hit the lakeshore district of Karonga. Karonga district council spokesman, Isaac Mkandawire, said among the deceased was a three-year old boy who died on Thursday around Baka area and a man who died last Sunday. Mkandawire, […]
The lakeshore district of Karonga is, again, facing disturbing flooding following heavy rains that have hit the district in the past few days, forcing hundreds to flee their homes and the Karonga market go under siege. Officials say the most affected villages include Mwanganda, Mweneyumba, Peter, Mwambetania, Mwanyongo and Baka which is just next to […]
Over 100 Mozambicans have entered Malawi through Nsanje after fleeing flooods in their country. This has however put extra pressure on Malawi government resources as some Malawians in Nsanje also require urgent assistance following floods that has hit the district in the past days. The Mozambicans are at Phokera Community basechild care centre, according to […]
Paramount Chief Lundu of Chikwawa has accused Illovo Sugar (Malawi) plc of worsening floods in the district through some of its activities on the land close to residential areas. He was speaking Saturday when Vice-President Herbert Chimulirenji visited households affected by flash floods at Matsukambiya Camp in the district. Lundu described the disaster experienced in […]
Nankhaka Bridge on Nankhaka River that flooded a week and half ago due to heavy rains in Lilongwe is a small bridge, but very important because apart from serving people to and from Areas 25,49 and 47 that work in Kanengo, the bridge is very essential in transporting fuel to the fuel reserves at Kanengo. […]
The Lilongwe City Council chief executive officer, John Chome, has urged various stakeholders to come up with concerted and well-coordinated measures in response to the raging floods in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. The country has, for the past few days, been receiving unprecedented rainfall patterns, in some cases lasting for two or more hours of continuous […]
Government has told flood victims occupying public school classes in Lilongwe to move out this morning to pave way for learners as they start their second term. Commissioner for Disaster Wilson Moleni said the department of disaster management (Dodma) has given each family money to look for houses they could rent. “We have given them […]
The Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services has issued another warning saying people should brace for another wave of heavy rains that will trigger possibly life-threatening flooding , especially in low lying and flood prone areas. According to the warning issued by the Department’s Director Jolamu Nkhokwe, Central, Southern and Lakeshore areas of the country […]
Vice President Everton Chimulirenji has appealed to residents affected by floods in Lilongwe to relocate for safer places. Heavy rains have so far, affected 403 households in Lilongwe city translating to about 1519 people according to a latest estimation from the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma). “Going by the weather reports it appears there […]
The Chinese government has provided US$1 million (about K740 million) to United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) to help Malawian families recovering from the effects of the March 2019 floods in the country. The financial aid includes funds for water treatment chemicals, nutrition therapeutic treatment supplies, iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementary tablets for adolescent girls, child […]
Heavy rains have cut off the busy East bank road which passes through agricultural production areas of Mkhathe, Livunzu and Fatima. One of the ward councilors in the area Alex Mulonya said the area is now an island and asked the government to swiftly rehabilitate the road. The heavy rains which were accompanied by heavy […]
Wrapping up five days of relentless cross-examination of first petitioner Saulos Chilima in the historic elections case, Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale told the five-judge panel of the High Court sitting as Constitutional Court in Lilongwe that the audience in the public gallery were murmuring against him. Kaphale, representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), second respondent […]
It’s over five months since Malawi witnessed a heavy downpour that led to floods in some parts of the country. The fierce waters swept livestock, hectares of farmland aside of destroying infrastructure like roads, bridges and houses of people in the country. Modester Saopa and her family in Nsanje district are among people who lost […]
Most people living in the floods-prone areas of Chikwawa and Nsanje districts are reluctant to relocate to high grounds because they are afraid of losing their fertile lands because the upper land is not conducive for their subsistence farming. This was shared by civil society organisation, Centre for Development Communications (CDC) during a media interactive […]
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has appealed to chiefs and other partners in the country to identify and provide more areas suitable for relocation of flood survivors. Principal Secretary in the department, Wilson Moleni made the remarks on Tuesday when the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula […]
The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ursula Mueller on Wednesday completed her three-day visit to Malawi, during which she met with senior government officials, humanitarian and development partners, and visited some of the people affected by the recent Cyclone Idai. Mueller undertook a joint visit to Malawi with […]