rain wreacks havoc in mwanza

Imminent rain storms likely to wreak havoc
Daily News
PEOPLE living in flood prone areas have been advised to shift to safer areas to avoid looming flash floods. The Kagera Regional Manager of the Tanzania Meteorological Association (TMA), Mr Samwel Butene, has said that dangerous floods could be ...

Nyerere Road here was temporarily rendered unusable following destruction caused by a 45-minute long rain.

Tanzania: Downpour Wreaks Havoc in Mwanza
AllAfrica.com
Mwanza — Nyerere Road here was temporarily rendered unusable following destruction caused by a 45-minute long rain. Residents of Mabatini Ward in the city were the most affected. The Mabatini Bridge was even submerged in water. As such, no vehicle ...

Communication between Ulowa, Ushetu, Ubagwe and Uyogo wards in the Ushetu Municipality, Kahama District have been cut off as complete bridges have been swept away by rainfalls.   

Machinga rioters wreak havoc in Mwanza
Daily News
PRIME Minister Mizengo Pinda was striving to intervene and control the 'machinga' crisis, that was reportedly threatening people's lives and their property in the lakeside city of Mwanza. Nyamagana legislator Ezekia Wenje raised the issue in the august ...

The rain that pounded Mwanza city on Monday was the highest to be recorded in the month of November for the past 18 years, according to the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA).

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Downpour causes havoc in Mtwara
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At least 37 houses have been damaged by heavy rains that lasted for more than five hours in Namyamba ward, Mtwara Region. Mtwara District commissioner Wilman Ndile told a press conference last weekend that the rains, which averaged 200 millimetres, ...

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More havoc as rains pound Dar
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HEAVY rains. Raging floods. Washed away bridges. Destruction of other vital infrastructure and personal property. Several more deaths. A close helicopter shave involving the Vice-President, Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal. The happenings above sum up the ...
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