{"id":152344,"date":"2025-02-22T15:31:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T14:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/flash-floods-kill-seven-in-botswana-displace-many"},"modified":"2025-02-26T23:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T22:08:12","slug":"flash-floods-kill-seven-in-botswana-displace-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flash-floods-kill-seven-in-botswana-displace-many","title":{"rendered":"Flash floods kill seven in Botswana, displace many"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Duma Boko of Botswana on Saturday said flash floods have killed no fewer than seven people, including three children, and uprooted thousands after days of heavy rains across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has made authorities to temporarily shut schools and blocked roads.<\/p>\n<p>In a televised address as over 1,700 people were evacuated from flood-stricken areas, Boko said the government would continue to work in the short term to mitigate further losses.<\/p>\n<p>In the capital Gabarone, where the local dam was overflowing, cars were washed away and properties waterlogged as emergency workers braced for more rain in coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Disaster management officials suggested that inadequate drainage in urban areas may have contributed to water building up in some of the worst hit low-lying areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must relook at our infrastructure planning to determine that indeed our infrastructure on a national level can handle droughts as well as floods,\u201d Boko said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. President Duma Boko of Botswana on Saturday said flash floods have killed no fewer than seven people, including three children, and uprooted thousands after days of heavy rains across the country. The incident has made authorities to temporarily shut schools and blocked roads. 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