December 25, 2020 Owen Khamuls - Nyasa Times 3 Comments
Malawians should brace for extreme weather conditions in the coming days with floods to hits parts of the Southern Region from New Year’s eve as a weather phenomenon that could develop into a tropical cyclone is building up in the Indian Ocean, weather experts have warned.
Nkhokwe: Malawians should brace themselves
In this regard, the weather experts are advising people to exercise great caution in the coming several days in view of expected sporadic and scattered storms to be accompanied by strong winds, thunder and lightning.
According to Jolamu Nkhokwe, the director in the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services, the weather conditions are a result of he says is an occasional passage of airflow from the South East converging with that from North East.
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Government says this year’s natural disasters accompanying the heavy rains have killed 23 people with lightning killing 20 people.
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The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) says in a statement the disasters include flooding and lightning.
DODM since the onset of rains in the country many councils including Lilongwe, Karonga and Mangochi have been affected by several natural disasters like lightning, stormy rains, strong winds, heavy rains, flash floods and hailstorms.
Fyaupe Mwafongo, Chief Relief and Rehabilitation Officer for DODMA says that most councils have been highly affected with natural disasters.
Mwafongo further indicated that the Department of Disaster Management Affairs has registered 23 deaths of which 20 died after being hit by lightning.
By Yamikani Yapuwa
Blantyre, Mana: The country’s Vice-President, Dr. Saulos Chilima has ordered the contractor for the Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza Road to redesign the road to a better quality and more durable one.
Chilima gave the order on Monday during an inspection tour of Nsanje-Marka Road as well as the Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza Road and bridge where he observed that the quality of the road was poor.
“We have travelled on the Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza Road; three things to say: the bridge looks quite solid but the road is substandard by my own assessment because they are saying this is not the same grade as what we saw in Tsangano (Ntcheu) and what we have also seen in Nsanje.