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(LUSAKATIMES) Don’t panic over rains – Met Department

Don’t panic over rains – Met Department
TIME PUBLISHED - Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 2:19 pm

Farmers have been advised not to panic over the rains that have hit North Western and Copperbelt provinces in the last two days. North Western Province Meteorological Officer Kameya Manjomba explains that the rains have been caused by moist flow from Congo DR into Central parts of Zambia.

Mr. Manjomba, however, says the rains will not continue and the normal dry pattern will resume. He says Solwezi, Mwinilunga,and Zambezi Districts in North-Western Province recorded at least two milliliters of rains last week.

And Copperbelt Meteorological Officer Nason Phiri says the rains which were experienced in the region for three days were caused by a dark heavy cloud emanating from North Western Region.

And the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit DMMU on the Copperbelt Province says there has been no damage to infrastructure and crops following the unusual rains recorded in the province.

DMMU Copperbelt Coordinator Hambayi Mweetwa says his office has not received any reports of crop damage.

Mr. Mweetwa says that a house in Chifubu area of Ndola collapsed because the owner was using the roof top as a storage bin.

[ ZNBC ]

Labels: METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, RAINFALL

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