Climate change in Africa News

[CAJ News] Chimanimani -THE death toll in the floods devastating Zimbabwe is feared to reach 500 as hundreds of people remain missing.

[VOA] Three days of national mourning began Wednesday in Mozambique after one of the most destructive storms to strike southern Africa in decades killed hundreds of people..

[The Herald] As humanitarian assistance continues to pour in towards victims of Tropical Cyclone Idai that ravaged Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, the African Union Commission yesterday announced a US$350,000 emergency fund for disaster mitigation.

[Nyasa Times] President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday March 20 2019 visited Molele in Thyolo district to comfort people affected by heavy rains and flooding.

[The Herald] Government has launched a massive treatment programme for the victims of Cyclone Idai, with adequate medical supplies and medical personnel now in place to cater for the thousands affected mainly in Chimanimani and Chipinge districts of Manicaland.

[The Herald] Chiredzi -Over 300 residents here have lost their houses, which were constructed on wetlands, to flash floods that swept through Chiredzi Town last month.

[The Herald] GOVERNMENT has said some bodies of people who have been reported missing in Chimanimani following the ravaging Cyclone Idai are reportedly floating in Mozambique and the army is on its way to retrieve them.

[The Herald] The Chinese community in Zimbabwe yesterday donated to the Government of Zimbabwe an assortment of goods worth thousands of dollars towards the victims of Cyclone Idai.

[The Herald] The Meet the People Rally that was scheduled for Saturday at Chachacha Growth Point in Shurugwi has been shelved to allow President Mnangagwa time to assess the impact of Cyclone Idai.

[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa was Wednesday forced to postpone his Saturday "Thank You" rally that was set for his home province of Midlands in order to give his maximum attention to the aftermath of the recent Cyclone Idai.

[The Herald] One of President Mnangagwa's children, Emmerson Junior, yesterday hired three helicopters to assist with the recovery efforts for victims of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province where over 100 people have been confirmed dead while hundreds others are missing and feared dead.

[The Herald] Cletus Mushanawani and Rumbidzayi Zinyuke

[The Herald] Severe floods in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe have affected up to 1,5 million people and left up to more than 300 dead after Cyclone Idai tore through the three countries.

[East African] African countries have renewed their push to combat climate change, with new commitments to boost funding for clean and renewable energy sources as it emerged that the continent has suffered some of the worst effects of climate change in decades.

[This Day] The World Bank Group has made several announcements to scale up support for both climate adaptation and mitigation in Africa, during the third One Planet Summit.

[The Conversation Africa] Severe floods in Malawi have affected about a million people and claimed 56 lives.

[Premium Times] No fewer than 46 houses and a monarch's palace were destroyed by a rainstorm in Are Ekiti, a town in Ifelodun/Irepodun Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

[Leadership] No fewer than ninety-five houses have been destroyed by devastating rainstorm that blew across many communities in Ekiti State.

[The Conversation Africa] Tropical cyclone Idai has made headlines across southern Africa throughout the month of March. Lingering in the Mozambique Channel at tropical cyclone intensity for six days, the storm made landfall in Beira, Mozambique in the middle of the month, then tracked in a westerly direction until its dissipation.

[Nation] Deputy President William Ruto has insisted that no Kenyan has starved to death because of the drought in parts of the country.