Heavy rains and floodwaters are threatening food security for some farmers in the Mbilajwe and Batubaja areas in the Zambezi Region.

The Minister for Works and Transport has instructed the Roads Authority to address the recently cut-off road between Lubuta and Sachona Village in the Zambezi Region following heavy rains.

Veikko Nekundi informed the community that a team, including a contractor, will be on site soonest.

While the rain has been a blessing for some, it has brought devastation to others.

The City of Windhoek's Disaster Risk Management Division has confirmed three fatalities in just one night of heavy rain. 

One of the deceased is a pensioner whose body has been recovered.

The police in Windhoek are still searching for two bodies after the heavy rains in the capital on Friday.

One is that of an 8-year-old boy who fell into a flowing river at the Grysblok riverbed in Katutura and was flushed away.

Heavy rains associated with a storm have caused damage to houses, especially in the informal settlements of Katima Mulilo.

The rain affected the supply of electricity to the town of Katima Mulilo and caused damage to houses in the informal settlements, with the Chotto compound being the worst affected.