A heavy rainstorm destroyed household
property worth millions of Kwacha in Katupu area over the weekend.
The storm also destroyed seven
households have been displaced in Kantupu area in Kapiri Mposhi District after
their houses collapsed following a rainstorm.
The seven families have since been
relocated to Kantupu Basic School where they are sheltering in classrooms.
Kapiri Mposhi District Commissioner, Urgent
Mazuba confirmed the incident to ZANIS today saying the rainstorm happened last
week and that no lives were lost.
Mr. Mazuba said heavy rains flooded
and destroyed houses at Mukukwa village and left over 35 people homeless.
ZANIS reports the District
Commissioner saying this during a conducted visit to the site today. This was
to assess the damage caused by the torrential rains.
Mr. Mazuba said the Disaster
Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) will soon provide tents and medical
supplies including Chlorine to the affected families.
He noted that the continued squatting
of the families in classrooms has greatly affected the learning process of
pupils at the school.
The DC urged DMMU to expedite the
provision of temporarily tent shelters for the affected families to normalize
learning of children at the school.
ZANIS
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