By Chikondi Basikolo
Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has expressed its preparedness in dealing with disasters by activating early warning system clusters that deal with such issues in the prone areas.
Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs, Charles Kalemba, said in Lilongwe on Monday during a press briefing under the banner Government Faces the Press that the search and rescue cluster, headed by the Malawi Defence Force, has already been activated to be on alert.”We have all the necessary resources needed in terms of maize, equipment for search and rescue, boats among other things.”What we may not have now, if need arise, is the air equipment but we are sure that we will get assistance from our neighboring countries under SADC,” said Kalemba.
Deputy Director of Climate Change and Meteorological Services, Lucy Ntilatila, said the Cyclone is in Mozambique channel from where it is going to move towards Malawi particularly through Mulanje.She added that although the centre is far from Malawi, it has already started affecting the country and the effects are huge.
She, therefore, advised the public to move to safer and higher areas, avoid crossing flooded rivers and walking through running water as well as staying away from power lines and electrical wires among other measures to reduce damages due to disasters.
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