Two unidentified bodies of a woman and a man were recovered from Mkoche and Nankhaka rivers on 11 and 14 February, respectively in Lilongwe. Kanengo Police confirmed about the recovery of the two bodies, saying the body of the woman was recovered from Mkoche River in Mbangula Village T/A Chitukula in Lilongwe and that it […]
President Peter Mutharika has hailed his Vice, Saulos Klaus Chilima for swiftly responding to floods which hit people of Mtandire in Lilongwe last Friday. Professor Mutharika said Dr Chilima’s urgency and swiftness to the disaster ensured that those affected receive assistance in good time. Speaking when he visited people who were affected by the floods […]
Airtel Malawi has handed over K10 million to the Malawi Red Cross Society to assist in the resettlement of over 2,000 people displaced by the floods due to the heavy rains which have been pouring for the past week. Presenting the cheque, Airtel Malawi Social Responsibility Program and Public Relations Manager, Norah Chavula said :”We decided […]
Vice president Saulos Chilima on Monday cut a lonely figure at a function in Salima where President Peter Mutharika went to visit flood victims as the government took the veep out of the programme. Instead, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) secretary general Glazier Jefrey spoke to the flood victims and other people before she asked Mutharika […]
The Ministry of Gender, Disability and Children Welfare has said is putting measures in campsites sheltering flood victims in the country that are aimed at protecting children and women from abuses. Principal Secretary in the Ministry, Mary Shaba, said women have previously fallen prey to abuses because of lack of effective strategies in place. She […]
Heavy rains leading to flash floods had put properties in central region lakeshore district of Salima underwater again. This was a second time for Salima to be hit by floods this month. From Friday floodwaters caused excessive damage to roads and railway infrastructure, properties and displacing people in four new areas including students from Malowa […]
Opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday visited the flood hit families in Lilongwe and gave them food and money. Chakwera gave them 50 bags of maize and K350000 cash, the first relief food and money from a high ranking official outside the government. He said the Malawi Congress Party, the party he leads, sympathised with […]
Malawi Vice president Saulos Chilima had an aerial view of the flood affected area, Mtandire, in the capital Lilongwe before he touched down in a military helicopter to comfort victims. Aerial pictures of the area posted on social media by Chilima’s press team show gross devastation. This was just hours after a military helicopter rescued […]
A military rescue helicopter on Friday morning spent hours around Mtandire and Mtsiridza areas in Lilongwe to rescue children who were stuck no where after heavy flooding when Lingadzi river burst its banks. For hours, residents of Area 49 New Shire watched helplessly as two brothers aged 12 and 8 remained stuck in the middle […]
Over 40 Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers were on Wednesday dispatched to a remote area in Salima where 200 families were cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy flooding. Vice president Saulos Chilima on Thursday paid tribute to the soldiers for the succesful rescue operation in chief Pemba’s area in Salima […]
Over 150 families from Mtauchila Village Tradional Authority Pemba in Salima have been displaced by massive floods from the nearby Lifidzi River which have destroyed dwelling homes, crops and the road network last Sunday. According to Newton Chirambo, the District Meteorological Service Officer, the floods are a result of heavy rains that have persisted in […]
A 16 year old boy Vasintha Mwakhwawa of Mwakhwawa village in the area of Traditional Authority Wasambo the southern part of flood-ravaged Karonga, has lost his life while many others injured and 52 houses are destroyed over the heavy rainfall that hit the area on Monday. Confirming the development to Nyasa Times, councillor for the […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has vowed to save Christmas as the rescue team has been deployed to Nsanje District in preparation for flooding. The development comes after the Department of Metrological Services and Climate Change forecasted that rains will be above normal. Nsanje district commissioner (DC) Gift Rapozo confirmed the development, saying the officers arrived on Monday. […]
Heavy rains which resulted in flush floods washed away crops and destroyed houses in Traditional Authority (T/A) Mlonyeni in Mchinji district on Monday. The downpour has affected 960 families in Kaduwa, Kholoni, Lomani, Menyani, Mbwauka, Kaombe, Mkandamoto and Ng’omayalila villages. “I am desperate and I don’t know what to do. I was relying on the […]
One of the country’s giant timber producers and exporters Raiply Malawi has on Saturday responded to President Peter Muthalika’s request for humanitarian response to the recent northern region flood victims by donating constructive materials worth K5 million. The materials will be used for the renovation of some affected schools in Mzimba district include Suzu Primary […]
Malawi’s premier mobile network and ICT service provider TNM has handed over K24 million to the Red Cross to assist with relief efforts for victims of floods that hit the country’s Northern region. TNM raised part of the money using its network through an SMS campaign dubbed “Ndife Amodzi” or “We’re One.” The SMS platform […]
Mzuzu residents are up in arms accusing their local leaders of not being transparent of the K7.7 million donation President Peter Mutharika made for flood victims in the city. Residents at Kachololo camp in Chibabvi say their councillor Gabriel Mwaungulu is refusing to give them the money so that they could start construction of their […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has assured Mzuzu flood victims that his administration will continue to support them throughout the period they are getting back to normal life after rain of terror which flooded their homes. Mutharika was speaking at Masasa in Mzuzu when he visited and comforted the people who lost their loved ones and […]