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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Rains have washed away a section of the M5 road at Khombedza in Salima, about 15 kilometres from Kaphatenga. The Road Authority says currently there is no connectivity between Salima and Nkhotakota districts.<\/p>\n

According to the authority, works to reinstate the section are being hampered by persistent rainfall in the area. \u201cThe general public is being advised to use M001 road to join the Kasungu-Nkhotakota (M018) road when traveling to Nkhotakota,\u201d the RA has said.<\/p>\n

Traffic signs have since been placed on the road to for guidance and direction. Salima has experienced heavy rains over the past four days leading to floods which have damaged houses and disrupted business in the district.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. Rains have washed away a section of the M5 road at Khombedza in Salima, about 15 kilometres from Kaphatenga. The Road Authority says currently there is no connectivity between Salima and Nkhotakota districts. According to the authority, works to reinstate the section are being hampered by persistent rainfall in the area. \u201cThe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":16100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,9],"tags":[233,371,374,234,1353,2392,883,2346],"class_list":["post-16101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-floods","tag-malawi","tag-nkhotakota","tag-rains","tag-roads","tag-salima"],"yoast_head":"\nM5 road cut off at Khombedza - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rains have washed away a section of the M5 road at Khombedza in Salima, about 15 kilometres from Kaphatenga. 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