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bogfiton Feb 07, 2022 9:30am
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Zambian residents fear starvation.
Zambian residents fear starvation."Those who have lived in the district long enough say it is only the second time that they are witnessing such floods in the area in 50 years. Boyd and Josias, who live in a small thatched hut, had planned to take some maize for milling in the neighbouring Mweemba village that morning. But they found themselves standing helplessly outside their hut, staring at the floodwaters that had swallowed their maize crop. They were forced to wade in floodwaters.“This situation is very bad. We have not seen such a thing before since we were born,” said Boyd, a bag of maize perched on his head. Boyd, Josias and several other residents of Namwala district fear they are now on the verge of starvation, going by the trail of destruction the flood waters have caused to their crops. “There will be no food in this area, the rains have been too much this year, our crop is destroyed,” said Josias as he stood on the Monze-Niko road, which now resembles a stream. Over the years, Southern Province has become prone to adverse weather, but it mostly suffers long dry spells that affect agriculture." Counting cost of heavy rains – Zambia Daily Mail (daily-mail.co.zm) b.