Government says number of people killed in rain-induced flooding has reached 30 with 377 others injured. The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) spokesman Chipiliro Khamula said the number of those injured has also risen to 400 from 128 whilst the number of those affected is now 93, 000. He said 6, 000 of them […]
Following President Peter Mutharika’s declaration of state of disaster in areas affected by heavy rains and subsequent floods, the South African government has responded by donating relief items to the Malawi government. A plane carrying the relief items arrived at Chileka Airport in Blantyre on Sunday afternoon. The South African government has sent rescue teams […]
Deputy Minister of Homeland Security, who is also ruling Democrtaic Progressive Party (DPP) regional governor for the south, Charles Mchacha on Sunday lashed at opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera for holding a grand manifesto launch at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe while Malawians are still mourning people who have lost lives due floods. […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential runningmate, who is also Minister of Civic Education, Everton Chimulirenji on Sunday had a busy day when he toured floods devastated areas in some parts of Zomba. Floods destroyed 29 000 and killed 6 people in the district. Speaking at 6 Miles in the area of Traditional Authority […]
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) has called upon all Malawians to collectively work together in support of the survivors of the floods that have hit most of the Southern Region districts in Malawi and without politicising the matter. The party spokesman Ackson Kalaile Banda said on Sunday March 10 2019 through a statement made available […]
A contractor has said it is going to take seven days to maintain the Blantyre-Chikwawa road which has been cut off by heavy rains at Thabwa, near the Kamuzu bridge. A senior official of Plem, the contractor said the company managed to make a diversion of the road to allow motorists go through. The rains […]
Malawi experienced a 24-hour power black-out from Thursday, electricity came back for less than three hours on Saturday before going off again due to heavy rains and flooding. This has crippled both the social and economic activities of ordinary Malawians. Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) was forced to shut its Nkula and Kapichira Power Stations making […]
Weather experts have issued a red warning alert that heavy rains which will cause flooding are to hit the central and northern regions in the coming days. This follows the death of 26 people and the missing of 11 others in heavy rains in some districts in the south. Officials from the Meteorological and Climate […]
UTM Party has launched an appeal to people for various relief items for victims of flash floods which have cost 23 lives and rendered thousands homeless. In the appeal, UTM president who is also State Vice President Saulos Chilima said it is important that people come to the aid of the victims of the floods. […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has appealed to the party members to help the flood affected people as thousands are left homeless with hundreds injured and umerous property including houses and domestic utensils, crop fields and infrastructure such as roads and bridges have extensively been damaged. Since intense rainfall accompanied by […]
About 256 people from Ntauchila Village in Traditional Authority Pemba in Salima have sought shelter at an evacuation camp after they were displaced by floods from Lifidzi River. Accordingto Chairperson for a local civil protection committee, Charles Sipaida, the floods hit the area around 4:00 pm Monday and people had to be evacuated by well-wishers […]
Officials from Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have asked the government to relocate residents who live along Chipasula river in Lilongwe. The HRDC officials dead this after they visited residents who were affected when the river burst its banks recently, forcing the residents to lose their property. Timothy Mtambo, chairperson of HRDC said it is […]
Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Homeland Security, Sam Madula has faulted Malawians building in disaster-prone areas, saying their resistance to move to safer grounds costs the country unnecessary loss of lives and property. Madula made the assertion recently in Mangochi at the opening of a five – day disaster resilience leadership training for directors […]
A local Malawian relief operation, the Asian Muslim Relief Aid (AMRA) has intensified its efforts in alleviating the suffering of thousands of Malawians affected by devastating floods that have hit the country over the past weeks. Heavy rainfall in Blantyre swept many homes away and damaged items. Meanwhile, AMRA has moved in as one of […]
World Vision Malawi presented sheets for temporary shelters and chlorine for treating water to people in eight villages whose homes were washed away by flood in Chikwawa districts. The floods demolished homes and household items, as well as washed away crops and livestock. Roads and bridges have been destroye and people’s access to clean, safe […]
Some chiefs in Nsanje and Chikhwawa are refusing to move upland following the devastating floods that have affected most areas in the two districts, saying they cannot leave their ancestral graves alone. One of them is chief Nyachikadza of Nsanje who has sworn: “My subjects and I are not going anywhere. Our forefathers were born […]
Lessons were disrupted at Chimbiya primary school in Chikwawa after a feeding shelter wall collapsed into a hot porridge as learners were getting their porridge on Thursday morning, injuring 16 of them. This follows the heavy down pour in the southern region which has collapsed several buildings and houses. The head teacher at the school, […]
About 150 residents of Kawale, Chipasula and Kaliyeka have received assorted relief items courtesy of Sana Cash and Carry to help them cope with the devastation they suffered last week following flooding of the Kawale-Nchesi river due to a heavy downpour. The 150, are mainly those who built houses close to the river which normally […]