Zimbabwe on high alert as Cyclone Dineo hits Mocambique

Zimbabwe’s disaster management teams are on high alert as a tropical cyclone has hit Mocambique. The cyclone, which has been named Dineo, is expected to bring heavy rain and  perhaps flooding in Matebeleland South, Masvingo, and Matebeleland South.

The Meteorological Department in an alert  said:

The Meteorological Services Department wishes to issue a high alert for tropical cyclone-type rainfall that is forecast from Thursday 16 to Monday 20 February 2017.

The areas likely to be impacted most are Masvingo and Matabeleland South provinces as well as the southern areas of Manicaland Province,” read the statement.

Tropical cyclones are preceded by very strong and damaging winds followed by extreme flooding. The MSD is closely monitoring the situation and will issue another alert as soon as the level of significance warrants it.

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