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The Meteorological Services Department (Met) has warned of a harsh and biting winter this year. In a forecast yesterday, meteorologist Chenai Sithole advised that those travelling must be weather alert in order to protect themselves from vagaries of the weather. “Mornings and evenings will be much colder,” she said. “Temperatures in all provinces should remain […]
Current rainfall activity is expected to continue throughout the week although precipitation levels have decreased from a high of about 223mm to about 50mm in some parts of the country, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said. Speaking to journalists yesterday, a meteorologist with the department Mrs Chenai Sithole attributed the decreased rainfall activity to […]
By Gift Phiri Zimbabwean towns and villages were bracing for “catastrophic” floods even after forecasters downgraded the cyclone Dineo status to a tropical storm, with heavy winds and rain battering Mozambique’s coastline yesterday. A deluge of up to 200mm of rainfall yesterday lashed Inhambane — 470km northeast of Maputo on the coast of Mozambique — […]
By Gift Phiri Thousands of people are at risk as Zimbabwe braces for devastating storms and floods which weather forecasters say could leave a trail of destruction in three provinces which are set to be hardest hit. The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said yesterday that tropical Cyclone Dineo was approaching Matabeleland South, Masvingo and Manicaland, […]