Owen Khamula – Nyasa Times Officials from Mzuzu City Council have ordered the closure of flood victims camps in the city. The order comes barely a day before President Peter Mutharika visits them on Tuesday. However ward councillors are up in arms against the decision. Masasa ward councillor, where one of the camps is, said […]
Westhighland Missionary Baptist Church of Alabama in the United States of America has donated assorted relief items worth over K1.5 million to families affected by flush floods in Mzuzu City and Karonga District. Rev Forrest Moore accompanied by Deacon Joseph Andrew Bunton flew to Malawi to make the donations on behalf of the church last […]
Over 300, 000 farmers in floods hit Karonga are expected to get treadle pumps this month from government to enable them cultivate and plant again after their crops were washed away in the powerful El Nino powered floods. An official from the district commissioner’s office, Mzondi Moyo said recently said the government would give the […]
Mzuzu City Council officials are warning flood victims to stop constructing houses in flood prone areas or risk their houses having been pulled down. Acting executive chairman for Mzuzu City Council, Victor Masina said this in view of many houses that are mushrooming from the devastating flooding rubble. “Let me warn them here, we will […]
Government has said it will provide relief farm inputs to recent flood victims whose crops were lost following the disaster which saw almost all districts in the main land being hit, in the northern region. Speaking on Wednesday at Mpamba after a day long inspection tour, as well as donating 100bags of maize to the victims in […]
Leading mobile phone service provider Airtel Malawi has come to the aid to thousands of households currently affected by floods in Karonga and the northern region city of Mzuzu. Airtel donated relief items worth K5 million on Monday in Mzuzu as part of their social corporate responsibility, according to the company’s Social Corporate Responsibility Manager Norah Chavula. […]
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has warned people of Karonga District of more rains which may result into serious as well as dangerous floods. The ministry says in a statement that it has received a report from the Department of Disaster Management that the northern region especially Karonga District is expected to receive […]
A prophecy about the Malawi rain disaster by the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Prophet Israel Major 1 Jnr has come to pass, it has been claimed. The prophecy delivered at ECG Church in Lilongwe on April 10 was about a vision of a mountain sliding, heavy rains that will destroy people’s property and lives, leaving […]
Rice farmers in Karonga wish floods came year in, year out as they have drastically boosted production of the paddy. District Commissioner Rosemary Moyo said rice production is expected to be 28000 metric tonnes up from 18000 last year. “The floods have devastated mny areas especially in Chief Kyungu’s area where Rukiru River passes through […]
Department of Disaster Management says it has set up a high level committee to look and disaster victims and their needs just days after President Peter Mutharika declared Malawi a disaster nation. Spokesperson for the Department of Disaster Management (Dodma) Jeremiah Mphande said the committee comprises of principal secretaries from different government ministries and departments. […]
President Peter Mutharika has declared Malawi a state of disaster as floods have hit most parts of the north following continuous rains for close to two weeks and drought in most parts of the south. Mutharika made the declaration on Tuesday as vice president Saulos Chilima braved heavy rains to visit muddy and slippery areas […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima on Tuesday spent time with Mzuzu people affected by unprecedented flooding, walking with them in mud, standing with them in the rains and jumping swamps together during the intensive tour of the affected areas. The Mzuzu floods are as a result of the 10 day persistent rains in the northern region city leading […]
Government says persistent rains are hampering efforts to deliver relief items to close to 1000 families displaced by the rains. Department of Disaster and Preparedness in the office of the vice president spokesperson Jeremiah Mphande said Monday 97 houses have since collapsed since the onset of the El Nino powered rains a week ago. “We […]
About 12 people are reportedly dead in the northern region city of Mzuzu trapped by floodwater following heavy rains but the Mzuzu City Council (MCC) is graveyard silent, a development that has brought about fury among the populace and rights activist. The rains, according to records, are the worst since the 2007-2008 season. In four days alone, the […]
Hundreds of people have been submerged by water in the 7 villages in the area of Traditional Authority Kilipula in Karonga the northern border part of Malawi after heavy flooding following the relentless rains which is hitting the district since Sunday. Confirming the development to Nyasa Times, the District Disaster Risk Management and Crops Officer under Discover […]
Karonga is literally drowning following heavy rains that fell for about eight continuous hours Monday afternoon. Malawi Defence Force team (MDF) worked round the clock evacuating the most hit areas and people – most of who live around North Rukuru River. MDF has been deployed in the district following announcement by the meteorological department that floods would […]
Several residents are feared to be homeless and to have lost personal property around Rumphi Boma to massive floods that battered the district following two and half hours of rains that poured down on Friday. According to residents in the five villages of Mputa, Jeyeka, Malima, Zikome and Mkhwema, houses have been destroyed and people’s […]
Chikhwawa district council has resolved, through a vote to forcibly remove people from low lands to upper land where government allocated them land in view of the forthcoming massive floods expected to hit the district this month. Only Chief Lundu voted against the use of the police to force the people go upper land, angrily […]