In 2017 Zimbabwe faced another national disaster after the events of the El Nino induced drought of 2014 and 2015. A tropical cyclone originating from the Indian Ocean called Cyclone Dineo was responsible for heavy abnormal rainfalls. The floods affected the whole country but southern parts including Matabeleland North and South were the most devastated. The floods were claimed a national disaster.
Effects
- Nearly 250 lives were lost
- 128 people were injured
- 100 000 people without clean water
- Typhoid and cholera endemics
- 388 schools were destroyed in Tsholotsho
- Hospitals in Tsholotsho destroyed
- Nearly 140 Dams destroyed
- Flood monitoring equipments were destroyed
- Roads and Bridges were destroyed rendering affected areas inaccessible
