Month: April 2024 Posts

Heavy rains claim 17 lives, leave 69 injured from October to April

Apr 04, 2024 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says since the start of the rainy season in October 2023 to date, disasters have claimed  17 lives and left  69 people with injuries due to stormy rains accompanied… ...

Households affected by floods receive family tents

Mar 14, 2024 Chikondi Daza 0 &

Households affected by floods in Nkhotakota and Karonga districts have received 200 family tents from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Malawi. Speaking in Lilongwe at Capital Hill, UNHCR Malawi country Representative, Kouame… ...

DoDMA prepositions search and rescue equipment in case of storm

Mar 09, 2024 Chikondi Daza 0 &

The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA), says it has put in place search and rescue equipment in case of a Tropical storm, as there is a 60 percent chance that the low pressure system… ...

Dziko lino lili pa chiopsezo cholandiraso namondwe

Mar 07, 2024 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Nthambi yowona za nyengo yati pali kuthekera koti namondwe yemwe akuyembekezeka kubadwa mnyanja ya m'chere ya India, akhoza kudzafika kapena kuyandikira kum'mwera kwa dziko lino. Malinga ndi nthambiyi, Namondweyu sanabadwe koma akuyembekezeka kubadwa mu Nyanja… ...

About 911 households affected by floods in Karonga

Mar 06, 2024 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

About 911 households in the area of Paramount Chief Kyungu have been affected due to over flooding of North Rukuru River in Karonga following heavy rains for the past few days. Acting Director of Planning… ...

Nkhotakota floods affect 14,176 people as death toll hits six

Mar 06, 2024 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) in the Office of the President and Cabinet, says the Nkhotakota flash floods have affected 14,176 people as the death toll has risen to six. This is according… ...

About 7,000 people displaced by floods in Nkhotakota

Feb 29, 2024 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says about 7,000  have been displaced by flash floods following heavy downpour in Nkhotakota  and Karonga Districts. As of Thursday, 29th February, 2024, an updated preliminary report from… ...