Malawi: Earthquakes relocate 4,000 people

  1. Posted on Monday 14 December 2009 - 12:49
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    Madalitso Kateta, AfricaNews reporter in Blantyre, Malawi
    About 4,000 people from the Kalonga district in northern Malawi are to be relocated following a wave of earthquakes that have been hitting the area since last week.
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    The District Commissioner for Kalonga Gaston Mcheka said the earthquake that hit Saturday and in the early morning hours of Sunday destroyed seven houses.

    He said his office had started relocating people to safer grounds as currently the area is prone to experience more quakes.

    “Water has now started immerging from the cracks and no place within the area seems safe, this is a rift valley close to the lake and there could be flooding shortly,” he said.

    He said even those whose houses have not been affected by the quake are in fear of sleeping in their houses.

    Meanwhile the affected families are depending on relief items but the commissioner said they can not meet the demand. “We are distributing relief items like maize, cooking utensils and blankets, however the demand is becoming high as the problem progresses.”

    He said the immerging worry was now over the people’s health as communicable diseases were expected to emerge.

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