Vice President, Dr Saulos Claus Chilima said on Monday government will not allow innocent people to suffer because of few selfish individuals who deliberately construct structures in risky areas and advised Lilongwe City Council to demolish houses constructed illegally along Lingadzi River. Chilima was speaking when he visited 138 families at Mtandire in Lilongwe that […]
After visiting flood victims in Salima earlier in the week and giving out relief items , Vice-President Saulos Chilima on Thursday was in Phalombe where he visited 329 households affected by floods in Traditional Authority Kaduya in the district. The floods in Phalombe oods occurred last Friday, affecting six villages of Likatchale, Mwanyewe, Hamela, Nampinga, Tibu and Harapera. […]
One person is confirmed dead while hundreds of households have been left homeless following floods on Tuesday night at Lupembe in the area of Village Headman Mwenelupembe in Karonga District. Karonga Central Constituency Member of Parliament Frank Mwenefumbo said a 11-year-old boy was swept away by rainy water when he and his friends wanted to […]
Amazing Grace Christian Gathering International Ministry has organized a night of prayer which will be held on February 2 to pray for the current problems that have rocked the country as a whole and Malawians individually. Themed “A Year Without Shame,” the Ministry’s founder Prophetic Bishop Chimwemwe Chafumuka said God will bring answers during the overnight and […]
State Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima on Thursday visited some of the victims whose property were destroyed by stormy rains in Mzuzu and affected residential areas of Kaning’ina, Katawa and Zolozolo where he expressed concern with Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) and city councils negligence in preventing disasters and reducing their effects among affected […]
Malawian Vice President Dr Saulosi Chilima on Thursday asked Blantyre City Council (BCC) to vacate an injunction obtained by people who encroached Soche Hill “with immediate effect” to reduce occurrence of accidents due to floods. Dr Chilima said this in Blantyre when he visited flood prone areas in Soche and Ndirande townships following the […]
The Department of Climate Change and Meteorological (MET) services has projected the country may experience more floods as it is expected to receive more rains due to the influx of Congo air-mass. MET said as a result of that shift in the air-mass, the country would experience more heavy rains in the next seven days […]
Leader of Opposition Lazarus Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president,touched the hearts many in Lilongwe when he braved rains , winds and chilly weather to visit displaced families after floods terror hit parts of Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital, on Saturday evening. Chakwera’s tour to the affected areas in the Capital came just hours […]
Authorities have confirmed that six people have died after being washed away by flood waters along Mchesi Stream ub the capital Lilongwe following rains of terror on Saturday afternoon. Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) director for response and recovery Paul Kalilombe said there could be others who are missing and feared dead. About five church […]
At least 88 houses have been destroyed at Usisya in Nkhata Bay District by stormy rains that have been falling since Friday. Nkhata Bay Assistant District Disaster Risk Management Officer Oswel Mkandawire confirmed the damage Saturday afternoon. “It is true that stormy rains that started falling on Friday at Usisya have affected 85 households, two […]
Close to 73 households have been left destitute in Phwezi, Rumphi after a heavy downpour washed away their homes and property worth millions on Friday evening. The heavy rains, which started around 9 pm, resulted in Lunguzi River bursting its banks and causing flush floods at Phwezi that washed vehicles, barber shops and some houses. […]
Malawi Vice President Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima on Wednesday responded to the floods that wreaked havoc in Karonga this week rendering moral support to the people and making a symbolic distribution of relief items. Four people are confirmed dead with three missing while 5520 households rendered homeless . The rain of terror also destroyed several […]
Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) Malawi and Forum for African Women Educationalists-Malawi chapter (FAWEMA) have donated clothes and teaching and learning materials to primary schools and floods victims of Mtandire in Lilongwe. Hundreds of families from Mtandire living closer to Lingadzi river were left homeless on February, 10 2017 when heavy rains caused […]
Eight nurses and a driver have been rescued after the ambulance they were travelling in to a funeral was swept away at South Rukuru bridge. Mzimba Hospital District Health Officer Lumbani Munthali confirmed the incident, saying the nurses were going to attend a funeral of their fellow nurse at Malidade. “As the ambulance was in […]
In response to recent floods that affected parts of Zomba, Malawi’s integrated mobile network and ICT service provider, TNM has donated relief items worth K3.2 million to the victims. Making the donation, in the area of Traditional Authority Kuntumanje, Senior Manager Public Relations Akossa Mphepo said the Company decided to join in Government Relief Efforts […]
Despite the serious financial challenges being faced by Opportunity International Bank of Malawi (OIBM), the bank last week joined government and other well-wishers in aiding victims of floods that recently terrorised residents of Mtandire Township in Lilongwe. The bank donated 500 packets of beans and 50 bags of maize valued at K1 million to the […]
The flooding waters from Linengwe River have hit Kukhola Village in Group Village Head (GVH) Mlombwadza in the area of Senior Chief Makwangwala in Ntcheu district leaving at least 8 families homeless. According to GVH Mlombwadza, the heavy rains that poured on Friday resulted in this predicament making Linengwe River full to its capacity causing […]
Government has dismantled a floods victims camp at Mtandire in Lilongwe, forcing over 50 people who sought refugee in a CCAP church seek shelter elsewhere. Department of Disaster Management (Dodma) deputy commissioner Daisi Nkhoma confirmed the government Has officially closed the camp on Saturday. “We are in town, in the heart of the city so […]