Dar floods: Where we went wrong

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Dar floods: Where we went wrong
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While the recent floods have claimed lives of several residents in Dar es Salaam, Kjijitonyama area in Kinondoni District is not safe, although there is no reported death incidence but currently, the city suburb is producing foul smell caused by blocked and ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

Daily News

16 Apr

More than 40 feared dead after Dar floods

Daily News
More than 40 feared dead after Dar floods
Daily News
SOME 41 people are feared dead as a result of floods caused by downpour that hit Dar es Salaam for about three days over the weekend, according to Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner (RC) Saidi Meck Sadiki. Mr Sadiki, who by virtue of his position is ...
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10 years ago

Daily News

23 Mar

Floods leave five dead in Dar, hundreds homeless

Floods leave five dead in Dar, hundreds homeless
Daily News
THE ongoing heavy rains in Dar es Salaam region have left five people dead and rendered hundreds homeless after their houses were submerged. Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner, Mr Saidi Meck Sadiki confirmed the number of deaths on Sunday, ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Dec

Over 200 Dar homes hit by flash floods

A directive by former president Jakaya Kikwete to Kinondoni Municipal Council to construct a two-kilometre drainage channel from Tegeta-Basihaya to the Indian Ocean to prevent floods during rainy season has not brought any relief to the residents.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

27 Mar

Dar residents face reality as season of floods returns

Fear and confusion has engulfed Dar es Salaam residents, especially those living in flood-prone areas following Tuesday’s heavy rains that rocked the city leaving many homes flooded.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

12 May

Dar floods death toll rises to 12 with recovery of more bodies

>The death toll from widespread flooding in Dar es Salaam has risen to 12, police said yesterday.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Oct

Dar teams get off on the wrong foot in Fiba games

Tanzania’s representatives in the FIBA Africa Nations Zone5 Qualifiers, Savio and Don Bosco started the event on the wrong foot, after losing their respective opening matches at Amahoro Petit Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda .

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Jul

OPANGA: There’s right and wrong. Israel is wrong

>You are either with the Palestinians or with Israel. I am with the Palestinians. Look, Israel has elastic borders, which it extends outwards at the slightest pretext and totally and utterly in disregard of international opinion or law. It occupies the land of the Palestinians, builds settlements on it and imposes a land, air and sea blockade against Gaza.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

12 Feb

TMA warns of possible floods

TMA warns of possible floods
Daily News
THE Tanzania Metrological Agency (TMA) has warned of week-long rains to be experienced in some parts of the country, which may cause floods especially in low-lying areas. In its weather outlook for ten days starting 11 to 20 February, this year, TMA ...

 

10 years ago

Vijimambo

17 May

Who is to blame for the Nairobi floods?

It is well documented Kenyan authorities’ unpreparedness for disasters – both natural and man-made. This is especially compounded by the recent flooding of roads in the country’s capital, Nairobi.
For years there have been serious calls for the country to marshal it’s disaster preparedness mechanisms but we fail to listen to the age old adage that prevention is better than cure. This leaves the citizenry in a precarious position where we often find ourselves caught with our pants down when...

 

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