DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL PROTECTION
CATALOGUE OF REPORTED INCIDENTS : 2012 – 2013 RAINFALL SEASON
Date
17 – 18 Nov
2012
Province/District
Mash Central Province
Mt Darwin District
Ward 34, i.e
- Bandimba area
- Kamutsenzere area
- Zambara area
Nature of damage/incident
-146 homesteads destroyed by
hailstorm
- Total population affected: 626
(195 adults, 431 children)
- 53 hhs in need of shelter
-23 people injured and admitted at
Mt Darwin Hospital
Institutions affected
- Zambara Primary Sc (Ward
34)
- Gomo Primary Sc (Ward 3)
- Chionde Primary Sc (Ward 31)
11/12/ 2012
Mat South Province
Esigodini District
-40 homesteads damaged by
hailstorm
-property such as food, clothes,
goats and chickens lost
16/12/ 2012
Midlands Province
Gokwe South
4 members of one family died
following a lightning strike.
17/12/ 2012
Midlands Province
Gokwe North District
Institutions affected
i.Simchembu 2 Primary School
ii.Bande Primary School
iii.Mutehwe Primary School
iv.Katemba Primary School
v.Musadzi Primary School
13 – 20 Dec
2012
Interventions
-District Civil Protection
Committee conducted
damage assessments
-Injured people admitted
at Mt Darwin Hospital
-10 year old girl with
multiple fractures
admitted at Karanda
Mission Hospital for
specialist treatment
- Zimbabwe Red Cross
Society donated tents for
affected families
-Civil Protection availed
logistical support to
damage assessment team
-affected families given
$100 per family for
support
Civil Protection availed
logistical support to
damage assessment team
-affected families given
$100 per family for
support
Civil Protection availed
chema to the bereaved
family, i.e $200 per
deceased
-3 classroom blocks destroyed
-3 classroom roofs blown off
-F12 house and school hall roof
blown off. EDC toilet building
destroyed
-2 classroom roof blown off
-2 teachers houses roof blown off
Masvingo Province
Bikita District
Village 29 Ward 26
-12 homesteads were damaged by
a hailstorm, leaving houses
1
Civil Protection availed
$100 per family
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL PROTECTION
&
20/12/ 2012
26 /12/ 2012
Ward 31
-8 homesteads were destroyed by
hailstorms and heavy winds
Institutions affected
Chiremwaremwa Primary
School
A 14 squat hole toilet was blown
off by a whirlwind and all
ventilation pipes destroyed
Mash West Province
Hurungwe District
8 homesteads damaged by
hailstorm
- roofing sheets were blown off
houses, damage to AN fertilizer,
bags of maize, granaries,
household property and tobacco
crop.
- no assistance from local NGOs
35 homesteads damaged by strong
storm
-10 households severely affected
and in need of shelter
- 3 households to be assisted to
reconstruct their houses
-All 35 households in need of food
-Mupinga Primary School &
teachers cottages extensively
damaged
-2 shops at Mupinga shopping
centre damaged
-21 homesteads damaged and
some totally destroyed by heavy
rains and strong winds
-Four teachers cottages
extensively damage
-Two shops at Mupinga Shopping
Centre damaged
-electricity supply cut off and tress
uprooted
-18 households damaged by heavy
rains
-food stuffs and property lost
-Four people were swept away
when a kombi being toured by a
tractor were both swept away as
they tried to cross a flooded Runde
River
Nyamakate (Village Ward 7)
27/12/ 2012
Masvingo Province
Chivi District
1 Jan 2013
Masvingo Province
Chiredzi District
Institutions affected
Mupinga Primary School and
area
Ward 4
6/01/ 2013
without roofs. Several household
goods were destroyed including
food items.
- One homestead was set on fire
and all belongings of the family
perished
Chilonga Causeway drowning
incident
2
- Local MP and District Civil
Protection Committee
conducted a damage
assessment
-Civil Protection availed
$100 per family
Local Government
Provincial staff, Zimbabwe
Red Cross Society and IOM
visited the affected
families and conducted a
damage assessment.
-Civil Protection availed
$100 per family
-Zimbabwe Red Cross
Society donated 2 tents
per family for 8 families,
blankets and pots.
-IOM availed an
ambulance and donated
tarpaulins, blankets and
NFIs
-$100 per affected
household was
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL PROTECTION
06/01.2013
11/01/2013
12/01/2013
Mashonaland Central Province
Mbire District
Kanyemba area
Matabeleland South Province
Insiza District
-1 000 households lost an average
of one acre of maize
-40 households lost farming
implements such as hoes
-need seed maize for
replanting
-relief food for the next 2
months
-aqua tabs
-need for a 4 x 4 vehicle to
respond swiftly .
40 ha of maize affected by
armyworm
-Lambamai, Thokozani,
Gwatemba & Mhulula areas
Matabeleland North Province
Bubi District (Ward 12)
Institutions affected
Tsanga Primary School
(3 teachers affected)
Lightning struck and burnt
storage facilities with school
furniture and teachers property.
Civil Protection availed
logistical support to the
Province and $100 per
affected teacher
Army worm outbreak
All districts in the province
affected by army worm
-Spraying done
- logistical support such as
fuel and additional
chemicals required
13/13/2013
Masvingo Province
Bikita District
12 homesteads damaged by hail
storms and heavy winds
14/01/2013
Manicaland Province
Chipinge District
- Save River flooded
-8 year old boy drowned while
attempting to cross a flooded gully
-A kombi with ten passengers was
swept away by a river at Mutema
turn off bridge, however, all
passengers were rescued by Police
- Tongogara transit camp was in
hieghtened state of readiness o
evacuate
-Landslides have been reported at
Skyline
-Nyanyadzi area – water levels are
reported to be critical at the
confluence of Odzi and Save rivers
88 people intending to travel to
Harare were cut off as from
Saturday 12 Dec following the
washing away of Mugoti Bridge. .
- homesteads near Odzi River
threatened with flooding. The
homesteads were constructed by
Anjin Investment following
relocation from Chiadzwa.
Chimanimani District
Makoni District
3
By 15 Jan, 8 marooned
people were rescued and 2
went missing in Middle
Sabi
88 people were air lifted to
safety
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL PROTECTION
Mutare District
Mutasa District
Nyanga District
-Ruchera Ward 16
15/01/2012
Matabeleland South Province
Bulima District
Wards 10 & 19
Mangwe District
Ward 11, Marula, Weldene
Farm
16/01/2013
Matobo District
Wards 24 & 25
Masvingo Province
Chiredzi District
-Spraying underway
-Request for logistical
support
Army worm outbreak
Institutions damaged
Midlands Province
Gokwe
Masvingo Province
Chivi District
13 households & blair toilets
damaged by heavy rains
Ward 23
18/01/2013
Family was rescued
Chemicals & spray
Army worm outbreak
equipment in short supply
-140 homesteads in Zororo
compound and
-25 homesteads in Mufakose
compound damaged be heavy
rains. In both areas, water reached
window level
-58 homesteads damaged by heavy
rains.
-one infant from Gunda family
died.
-goats and chickens lost
-Judea Primary School damaged
- 25 people were marooned on
27 rescued on 15 Jan
Sengwa River for two days
Zororo and Mufakose
compounds
17/01/2013
-In Mutare city, housing structures
of the squatter area of Federation
are collapsing
- reports on marooned people
- A family in Chamuchese area
marooned.
-Nyamombe, Chinyika and
Magamba bridges all washed away
leaving Ruchera Ward with approx
600 households and 3 schools cut
off from essential services
-Toilets and dagga huts are
collapsing
-fuel for grinding mills has run out
-foodstuff stocks in shops have run
out
-people on ART got their drugs
through risky operations
conducted by locals before due
date of 21 Jan
-An 11 year old boy drowned
-DFF tractor and grader sunk in the
river
Outbreak of army worm
-Ntoli and Moza Road not
trafficable
-Makulela dam flooded and water
spilling to villages
4
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL PROTECTION
Outbreak of armyworm
18/01/2013
Matabeleland South Province
Beitbridge District
Road network
18/01/2013
Matabeleland North Province
Binga District
Institutions affected
-Sinansengwe & Chitete
primary schools
Hwange District
-St Mary’s Primary School
-Chibala & Kulibambila primary
schools
-Mabhinga, Nechisala &
Neshaya primary schools
Lupane District
-Masungamala Primary School
-Sembeule Primary School
Bubi District
Tshayile & Siganda primary
schools
Outbreak of army worm under
control by Agritex
16 homesteads destroyed by
heavy rains
-24 families displaced in
Tshitulipasi
-8 families displaced in
Tshikwalakwala
-8 families displaced in Chasvingo
-8 people died due to collapse of
houses and crossing flooded rivers
-Tshitulipasi to Tshikwalakwala
Road cut off
- Limpopo River flooded
-Jopembi to Zezane Road cut off
-Machuchuta to Malibeng Road cut
off
Schools marooned as there are
flooded rivers close to them
-Two children drowned while
trying to cross Lukosi River on their
way to school
-Threat of flooding by Lukosi River
-Deka River burst its banks flooding
the schools
-No route to school. Teachers
cottages (mud and dagga) have
been destroyed
-Sunken toilets
Sunken and dangerous toilets
5
..........marooned people air
lifted
-$100 per family given to
affected families
-IOM donated tents and
other NFIs
- 33 rescued
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL PROTECTION
18/01/2013 Matabeleland North Province
Tsholotsho District
Mafia, Mbamba, Mahlaba,
Mathonsi, Hluhonjana
Ward 16, ward 22, Mbute &
Masekesa areas
-266 homesteads damaged by
heavy rains
-3 homesteads were completely
destroyed and the affected need
assistance to re build
Institutions damaged
-Matshudula & Mahole primary -Sunken toilets
schools
-Mahlaba Primary School
-Flooded
Umguza District
-Hlabathi & Lukukwe primary
schools
-Marooned
Compiled by Civil Protection on 28 Jan 2013
6
-$100 per family given to
affected families
-Zi mbabwe Red Cross
Society donated tents
-MSF donated aqua tabs
Requirements
-food, blankets, clothes,
cement to make durable
bricks