CycloneIdai: Hundreds evacuated amid fears of dam burst in Zimbabwe
Harare - Zimbabwean authorities began evacuating residents from the cyclone-hit town of Chimanimani on Sunday after flood waters weakened a dam wall.
"The Civil Protection Unit wishes to inform the public that Manyera dam wall in Vumba has weakened and all those downstream are advised to evacuate and go to higher places," the unit said in a tweet. "Please if you have relatives in this area pass on this message at once." Across the region, some 600 000 people have been displaced and at least 1.7 million have been affected by the cyclone, according to various UN agencies.
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