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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>As conditions of heavy rains and consequent flooding continue all over Lesotho, parts of the country\u2019s infrastructure including roads and bridges are failing to cope, leaving Basotho stranded.<\/p>\n

Members of Menkhoaneng community council in Leribe said it has become a challenge to travel between Pela-Tsoeu Kongkotia and Kota villages as the bridge has collapsed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile at Phamong in Mohale\u2019s Hoek, the road from Ha Lethena to Shalane has been made partly impassable due heavy rains making it a struggle for community members travel back and forth.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. As conditions of heavy rains and consequent flooding continue all over Lesotho, parts of the country\u2019s infrastructure including roads and bridges are failing to cope, leaving Basotho stranded. Members of Menkhoaneng community council in Leribe said it has become a challenge to travel between Pela-Tsoeu Kongkotia and Kota villages as the bridge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":9642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,16],"tags":[233,246,245,1481],"class_list":["post-9643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-lesotho","tag-rains"],"yoast_head":"\nRains overwhelm roads and bridges - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As conditions of heavy rains and consequent flooding continue all over Lesotho, parts of the country\u2019s infrastructure in ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/rains-overwhelm-roads-and-bridges\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rains overwhelm roads and bridges\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As conditions of heavy rains and consequent flooding continue all over Lesotho, parts of the country\u2019s infrastructure in ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/rains-overwhelm-roads-and-bridges\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-06T14:19:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-06T14:38:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/02\/img-61ffdd0e914ec.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"962\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/rains-overwhelm-roads-and-bridges#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/rains-overwhelm-roads-and-bridges\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Rains overwhelm roads and bridges\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-06T14:19:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-06T14:38:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/rains-overwhelm-roads-and-bridges\"},\"wordCount\":105,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/rains-overwhelm-roads-and-bridges#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/02\/img-61ffdd0e914ec.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Lesotho\",\"Rains\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/rains-overwhelm-roads-and-bridges#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/rains-overwhelm-roads-and-bridges\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/rains-overwhelm-roads-and-bridges\",\"name\":\"Rains overwhelm roads and bridges - 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