A 53-year-old woman and two girls aged two and six have died when walls of houses they were sleeping in collapsed following heavy rains in Mangochi and Balaka districts. Patuma Welemu and her six-year-old granddaughter…
A preliminary report by the Balaka District Council indicates that flash floods that occurred in the early morning of Tuesday, 18th December, 2018, in T/A Kalembo, have displaced 26 families, of which 21 are female-headed.…
The 2018 International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) is being commemorated today, Friday, 19th October, 2018 at Masintha Ground in Kawale 2, Lilongwe City, under the theme ‘Reducing Economic Losses from Disasters Has the Power…
Replaces Chinthu Phiri who has retired from the civil service upon reaching mandatory retirement age The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has a new Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs, with effect from 25th July,…
