{"id":16828,"date":"2024-01-22T07:50:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T12:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/roads-unpassable-in-tanzanias-main-city\/22\/01\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T07:50:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T12:50:08","slug":"roads-unpassable-in-tanzanias-main-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/roads-unpassable-in-tanzanias-main-city\/22\/01\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Roads unpassable in Tanzania’s main city"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Houses have collapsed and roads and bridges been destroyed after heavy rains pounded Tanzania’s coastal city of Dar es Salaam for two days.<\/p>\n

A woman was swept away in the floods, while a child was missing, local radio quoted relatives as saying.<\/p>\n

The destruction was most severe in neighbourhoods built along rivers that lead into the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n

With roads unpassable, some schoolchildren and workers were forced to stay at home on Monday.<\/p>\n

Dozens of families are assessing the damage caused to their homes, and trying to recover their belongings.<\/p>\n

Heavy rains hit the city on Saturday and Sunday, with the most-affected areas being the Kinondoni and Ilala districts.<\/p>\n

A bridge that is a gateway to the city centre – including the official residence of President Samia Suluhu Hassan<\/a><\/span><\/span> – could not be crossed on Sunday because of flooding, but this is now possible as water levels have fallen.<\/p>\n

The Tanzania Meteorological Agency has warned of heavy rains for the rest of the month, while the president has urged people to move away from flood-prone areas.<\/p>\n

The authorities have not given any casualty figures, but one man told a radio station that his wife had been swept away, while another family said they are searching for their missing son.<\/p>\n

They are not sure whether he was swept away or whether he survived and is being looked after by another family.<\/p>\n

Kinondoni resident Jonathan Urassa told the BBC that “some people have lost everything”.<\/p>\n

Pointing to an elderly woman, he added: “She just buried her mother last year, and now her house is completely gone. She is living at her neighbour’s house.”<\/p>\n

Another resident, Elinaike Shoo, said she too had lost her home in the floods.<\/p>\n

“I have nothing left behind. I’ve even borrowed clothes from my neighbour,” she said.<\/p>\n

Flooding is said to be the greatest natural hazard in Tanzania, affecting tens of thousands of people each year.<\/p>\n

More than 80 people died following floods and landslides in Tanzania’s northern Hanang district last month.<\/p>\n

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