EPA Nearly 250 people have bee left dead by floods wrecking havoc in Zimbabwe

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An El Nino-induced drought last year scorched crops in the southern African country, leaving more than 4 million in need of food aid, but Zimbabweans are now having to contend with floods after receiving above-normal rains. Minister for local government Saviour Kasukuwere said floods had swept through villages in the southern and southwestern parts of Zimbabwe, destroying roads, crops and livestock and forcing people into temporary government shelter.

Kasukuwere said nearly 2,000 people were homeless, 74 schools were damaged and 70 dams had burst. President Robert Mugabe's cash-strapped government has struggled to manage the inundation, whose effects were most severe in the areas hit hardest by last year's drought. Urban areas have not been spared, with many roads badly damaged.

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EPA The devastating floods swept through the countryside as well as urban areas

I am therefore appealing to rally with the government to support the emergency relieve programmes Saviour Kasukuwere, Local government minister