The Joyce Banda Foundation International (JBFI) on Thursday, January 15, 2015, donated assorted relief items to tens of households in Chilobwe Township in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre. Property and houses worthy millions of Kwacha and lives have been lost there and other parts of the country due to heavy flooding. Wyson Sumaili, National Director for […]
Spurred by grief and despair that is fast spreading across Malawi following fierce floods in many parts of the country which has left many people dead and tens of thousands more homeless, the Malawi Association UK (MAUK) in conjunction with the Malawi High Commission in London is appealing for donations to swiftly help southern African […]
Malawi President Prof Peter Mutharika has cancelled his trip to Mozambique on Thursday for his scheduled appearance at the inauguration of the country’s President elect, Filipe Nyusi, to work on the government’s floods disaster response, the State House said Wednesday. State House press officer Chikondi Juma said President Mutharika has cancelled his scheduled trip to […]
Malawi former president Joyce Banda says she is “deeply saddened” by the extent of damage to property and loss of lives due to heavy flooding caused by persistent rainfall that the southern African country has experienced over the past few days. According to a statement released by her office on Wednesday, January 14, 2015, Banda […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have jointly asked for government to seriously consider committing more resources to alleviate the suffering of flood victims and also urged the international community to help Malawi with material and financial support. This follows flooding due to heavy rainfall continues to […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has urged government to declare “ a state of emergency” following heavy flooding in the southern African country which has killed 48 people and left another 23 000 displaced. Addressing a news conference in the capital Lilongwe on Wednesday, MCP president Dr Lazarus Chakwera said this will enable government to get […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika has declared a third of the country a disaster zone and urgently appealed for foreign aid as incessant rainfall has continued to wreak havoc across the country. At least 48 people have been killed and around 23,000 forced from their homes by heavy flooding, the President said on Tuesday. Malawi’s Department […]
High winds forced aborted plane landings at Malawi’s Chileka International Airport, leaving passengers ‘terrified’. Some planes were forced to abort landing attempts before being diverted to Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe KIA commandant Donnie Chimtengo said there is bad weather right overhead the Chileka airport “ which is causing visibility difficulties.” Chitengo said Kenya […]
The Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services officials say the country should expect continuous remains for the next four days posing threats of more flooding. The weather forecast for Monday night and the whole of Tuesday released by the department say the southern half of the country should expect heavy rains while there will be locally heavy thunderstorms and […]
Six people have reported been killed and property, houses and crops destroyed due to flooding caused by heavy rains, according to Paul Chiunguzeni, Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs. “The reports we have are that so far, six people are feared dead, four in Mangochi while two in Zomba. The number might go up,” said Chiunguzeni. […]
As rains continue to cause havoc in most parts of Malawi two, people of the same family have died in the eastern district of Balaka after being drowned police have confirmed. Balaka police spokesperson sub-inspector Joseph Sauka says the two met their fate when they were trying to cross over flooded Mfulanjovu stream when they […]
Following heavy rains that hit most parts of the country, the Central East African Railway Company has suspended its Limbe-Makhanga train. CEAR Communications Officer Chisomo Mwamadi confirmed the development Thursday afternoon, stating the washing away of Nansadi Bridge has necessitated the closure. “CEAR would like to inform the general public that the Makhanga Passenger train […]
Malawi’s Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services has issued severe weather warnings of high rainfall amounts which will eventually trigger flash floods. The departnment warned that flooding in potential flood prone districts should be anticipated in the next two weeks. Jolam Nkhokwe, Director of Climate Change and Meteorological Services has told Malawi News Agency […]
Al-Barakah Charity Trust, an Islamic organization that works towards the improvement of education, health and relief has distributed various items to 500 families affected by floods in the area of Senior Chief Mponda in Mangochi. The items valued at K3.5million included 20 kilogrammes of maize flour, 4 kilogrammes of beans, 2 kilogrammes of salt, 1 […]
Bureaucracy is said to be undermining in Malawi’s early response to disasters despite the country having a capable Early Warning System (EWS). Speaking on the sidelines of a tour of the country’s Department of Climate Change and Metrological Services in Blantyre on Tuesday, Malawi’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Management, Jennifer Chilunga Ndafelankhande said […]
The Gift of the Givers Foundation has distributed relief food to flood victims in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga. The district was affected by floods which washed away their foodstuffs and household goods. Most of the houses were also damaged leaving over 1,000 people homeless with no food. Responding to the disaster, Gift of […]
Perennial flash floods hit Phalombe, a district in Southern Malawi on the foot of Mulanje Mountain and this year, about 6,500 households have been affected prompting President Joyce Banda to visit some of the affected families on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Speaking at Lihaka Primary School Ground in the area of Traditional Chief Chiwalo in […]
Vice President Khumbo Kachali Monday visited families whose houses were over the weekend destroyed by floods following heavy downpour in Nkhata Bay. At least 96 households were rendered homeless and at risk of hunger after the heavy rains that poured from Friday evening to Saturday evening destroyed their houses and several hectares of their crops […]