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ENVIRONMENT-NAMIBIA: VILLAGES HIT WITH WORST FLOODS IN 21 YEARS.
by Rosemary Nalisa
CAPRIVI STRIP, Namibia, May 20 (IPS/GIN) -- Villagers in Namibia's Caprivi Strip are grappling with the worst floods in 21 years, after the Zambezi River burst its banks, submerging 30 villages, killing two people and threatening 25,000 others.
The Caprivi Strip, with a population of 90,000, is located some 1,400 kilometres northeast of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.
Last week President Sam Nujoma visited the region to assess damages caused by the floods.
Immediately, following his return, the government appealed for donor support, while donating $695,000 for the people displaced by the floods.
The World Health Organization (WHO), too, is distributing mosquito nets to the displaced.
"At the beginning of May, only about 20 villages were flooded and within the past few days the number has reached 30. We believe that more villages are now submerged or surrounded as the flood water is moving very fast, thus making us to lose track with the numbers," says Patrick Simataa, a senior Red Cross official in Windhoek.
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