EMERGENCY RESPONSE INTENSIFIES AS KUNENE FLOODS DISPLACE COMMUNITIES
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Flooding along the Kunene River in the Epupa Constituency has displaced several households, damaging homes and crops as water levels rose sharply.
Flooding along the Kunene River in the Epupa Constituency has displaced several households, damaging homes and crops as water levels rose sharply.
The body of a man, suspected to have died by suicide, has been discovered along the Swakopmund coastline.
A passerby walking along the beach south of the Swakopmund jetty discovered the body early this morning after it washed ashore around 9:00.
The Zambezi Governor's Office is receiving additional aid from the Red Cross, coordinated through the Office of the Prime Minister in response to ongoing floods.
Governor Dorothy Kabula expressed gratitude for the swift response from the government and stakeholders.
TransNamib, Chief Executive Officer Desmond van Jaarsveld said the company's emergency response team, together with regional medical services and the police, continues to provide ongoing support to survivors and attending to anyone requiring medical assistance.
The Erongo Governor called for urgent intervention and dignified living conditions after a devastating shack fire in Walvis Bay claimed the lives of two family members a week ago.
The Hardap Regional Governor, Riaan McNab, has appointed 35 members to the Regional Disaster Risk Management Committee (RDRMC), aimed at strengthening the region's readiness for natural disasters.
The Dr. Romanus Kampungu Senior Secondary School's kitchen was destroyed by fire on Monday night, leaving 560 hostel learners without a food source.
The school is scrambling to find alternative arrangements.
City of Windhoek Communications Manager Harold Akwenye has clarified that relocating flood victims to Farm 508 was an emergency measure meant to protect those individuals from immediate flood danger.
A thunderstorm struck Aranos in the Hardap Region on Tuesday, causing the roofs of several residents' homes to blow off.
Wind-borne pieces of the roof sheets struck two children, causing them to sustain minor injuries.
The mother of the two young siblings who died in a fire recently in Swakopmund's DRC informal settlement has denied allegations that she was absent from home at the time of the tragic incident.