Car stuck for over one month in Mukumbura River (Citizen Pictures)

GWERU – The Midlands province was this week ravaged by a devastating combination of heavy rains and a fierce hailstorm, leading to widespread destruction and chaos. Several schools, bridges, clinics, power infrastructure, houses and huts across the Midlands province have been adversely affected since the onset of the rain season.

At least 45 people in South Africa have been killed in floods caused by days of heavy rain, the authorities say.

The national disaster risk management institute is already preparing to support potential victims and trying to avoid the worst.

Indian rescue workers battled through tonnes of rock and mud Tuesday searching for survivors in a choked Himalayan tunnel after a deadly flood -- apparently triggered by a glacial burst -- smashed through two mountain dam projects.

At least five goats were swept away and an unknown number of hectares of crops were destroyed after three dams near Pickstone Mine in Chegutu burst their walls on Wednesday.