{"id":5624,"date":"2024-11-04T14:41:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5624"},"modified":"2024-11-04T14:41:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:41:25","slug":"heavy-rains-cause-destruction-in-midlands-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5624","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Rains Cause Destruction in Midlands Province"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Midlands Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday evening, heavy rains accompanied by strong winds wreaked havoc in the Midlands Province, leading to significant damage to infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was according to Mr. Charlton Murove, the acting director for Local Government Services who stated that several structures were affected, but fortunately, no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key incidents included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mnene Mission Hospital in Mberengwa district suffered severe damage to multiple structures, including accommodations for student nurses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A teacher&#8217;s house at Nkenyane Primary School in Gweru was destroyed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At Jiri Primary School in Gokwe South, strong winds blew off 26 zinc sheets from one of the classroom blocks. The roof&#8217;s age and condition contributed to the damage, with repair costs estimated at US$5,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the damage, all learners have been relocated to safer classrooms, and they are being encouraged to remain alert for emergency signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mudslides and Rock Falls in Kariba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a related incident, Kariba experienced mudslides and rock falls following heavy rains on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roads, including Lake Drive, have become impassable due to thick mud and debris. The most affected areas include the stretch between Waterfront Resort and Mahombekombe Turn-off, as well as Ariel Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An ambulance became stuck in the mud near Waterfront Resort, highlighting the severity of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heavy rains, which featured gusty winds of up to 40 knots, fell from midday to around 2 PM, exacerbating the already challenging conditions in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midlands Reporter On Wednesday evening, heavy rains accompanied by strong winds wreaked havoc in the Midlands Province, leading to significant damage to infrastructure. This was according to Mr. Charlton Murove,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-and-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5626,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624\/revisions\/5626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}