Chai! Wetin dey happen for Southern Africa no be small matter o. As rain dey fall like say dem dey pour water from well, over 100 people don kpai for the region wey plenty people sabi, including South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. This one na serious gbege wey don happen because heavy rains don cause flooding wey no be joke again.
Na slow-moving low-pressure system wey enter Southern Africa carry this wahala come. The rain wey dey fall, e full ground as rivers dey rise like the almighty. Helicopters don carry many people wey don find am hard to escape flood, some dey stay for rooftops, others dey hide for tree. Even tourists wey dey enjoy for game reserves don follow the escapade, as them dey shun water wey carry everything dey flow.
Omo, Mozambique na di area wey get the worst hit. Dem report say 103 people don die since dis rainy season start last year. According to dem Institute for Disaster Management, this number include people wey die from electrocution, drowning, and even some cause wey connect to poor infrastructure. More than 200,000 people dey affected, with many homes don spoil, and plenty pipo dey face eviction wahala.
For South Africa, e no better. Officials don talk say 30 people don die for flooding wey don happen for two northern provinces. Dem dey try rescue people as the rain dey pour like forma waterful dam. Even Zimbabwe don feel the heat with 70 deaths and thousands of houses don ash everywhere. Roads, schools, and bridges don collapse. Naim make locals dey shout, “wetin we go do?”
Make we no forget about Madagascar, Malawi, and Zambia, wey also dey face the disturbing wahala of flood. Weather experts dey link this flooding to La Niña phenomenon wey dey cause diz heavy rains. Na so South African army don dey use helicopters rescue pipo wey don climb rooftop like say dem wan become eagles.
Your President, Cyril Ramaphosa, don show face for Limpopo come check the rain damage. E talk say dem don collect 400mm of rain in less than one week. E even see one place where 36 houses don vanish like ghost, na wah! Na so Limpopo Premier, Phophi Ramathuba, come confirm say over 1,000 houses don chop wahala for the province. She dey shake head dey talk, “It’s so terrible.”
As home dey spoil, people like Josephina Mashaba dey review how dem go fix their houses, while sabi say more rain dey come as the weather service don release level 10 alert. This alert no be play matter; e tell say more flooding fit show face. Residents dey pray make no be another round of raw deals as dem don see wetin rain fit do.
Even Kruger National Park! Wetin you go expect? 600 tourists and staff don evacuate as flood don catch dem camps. E be like say dem no wan dey allow new visitors enter that side for now, as flood don flood everywhere. Park spokesperson talk say no death reported, but some parts dey isolated. Na serious matter wey dey show how many challenges Southern Africa dey face.
Overall, e clear say Southern Africa need serious attention and help. With cyclones, floods and drought wey don last few years, the area dey face serious food insecurity especially as 173,000 acres of crops don lost in dis flooding. No be joke o! The World Food Program don dey shout say many small-scale farmers dey in desperate need of support, as things don dey very tight for dem.
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