Incessant rains that have pounded Gweru and surrounding areas since the onset of the rains, have caused massive flooding in residential areas and a number of dams in the Midlands provinces are already spilling.
At least twelve people have died across Mozambique since Cyclone Eloise hit the country’s key port city of Beira on January 23 2021. On January 24 the cyclone weakened and headed inland to Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa, leaving more flooding and damage in its wake.