Prepared by: Asmita Dahal, GRIT Zimbabwe's drought has become more frequent and severe, significantly affecting agriculture, water resources, and livelihoods. Rising temperatures lead to increased evaporation and reduced soil…
January 24, 2021: Tropical Cyclone Eloise has claimed lives of nine people in Mozambique and three in Zimbabwe. Cyclone Eloise caused damage in in Beira, Manica, and Quelimane areas of Mozambique. According to the Mozambique’s N…
November 21, 2019: Lightning in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East region of Zimbabwe has claimed lives of three school children. The lightning struck the children of the three Early Childhood Development (ECD) from Rusike Primary…
March 25, 2019: Volcano eruption at Bikita has feared people after villager interviewed by the Civil Protection Department CPD alleged that a fire was seen at the mountain top. A huge rock estimated to weigh between 10 and 1…
March 4, 2017: Floods in Zimbabwe which started in December last year have claimed lives of 246 people, injured 128 people and made 2000 others homeless. The state-owned Herald newspaper reported that the Zimbabwean governm…
At least three people died by the severe hailstorm in Bulilima district of Zimbabwe. Two children from Sevako Primary School and third from Ndolwane Primary school died due to the violent storm, Chronicle reported.
A single bolt of lightning has claimed lives of six children and a woman in Zimbabwe. The seven were sheltering in two thatched huts when the lightning struck in Mugwinyi village in Bikita districton Monday. The seven vic…
A research article published in Journal of Disaster Risk Studies has shown the flood disasters leading to children’s poor academic performance in Muzarabani District of Zimbabwe. The natural disaster research has indicated …
Floods in Zimbabwe have claimed lives of three children aged 9, 10 and 14 years. Police retrieved bodies of the children today who drowned in a flooded Mushawiri Dam, in Gutu, Masvingo yesterday. Other seven people have been…
Hailstorm in West Nicholson, Gwanda region of Zimbabwe has destroyed several houses. Hail damage roofs of at least 70 houses in Freda Mine alone. No exact details of the damage have been obtianed, News Day from Zimbabwe writes …