By Staff Reporter
TROPICAL storm Chalane, which hit Zimbabwe Wednesday evening, has caused minor damages in some parts of Manicaland province and villagers who had been moved to evacuation centres have since started trooping back home.
More than 600 people had been evacuated in Chimanimani where it was expected the tropical storm would cause extensive damage.
In Chipinge, at the Tongogara Refugee Camp, over 100 refugee families were temporarily moved to higher ground.
“The Chalane weather system reached Zimbabwe in the evening of 30 December as a tropical depression, with heavy rains and bursts of strong winds in Chimanimani East in Manicaland Province, with some roofs of houses blown off, as well electricity and cellular network disruptions,” a report issued by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reads.