Harare's flooding is a brutal monument to civic failure. Residents are ripping the city council for negligence after heavy rain turned streets into rivers, calling the disaster totally man-made. Major suburbs and downtown roads flooded badly, with ironic knee-deep water raging right outside the council's own headquarters on Leopold Takawira Road.
Locals say blocked drains and poor planning make seasonal rains an annual crisis. One Kuwadzana resident called the flooding absurd, noting it happened a stone's throw from Town House. Another demanded central government step in because the council clearly cannot handle it.
The flooding wrecked vehicles, with hidden potholes damaging suspensions in submerged streets. Although weather services predicted heavy rain, the speed and severity of the floods exposed the city's broken drainage network, highlighting a total lack of preparedness.
Locals say blocked drains and poor planning make seasonal rains an annual crisis. One Kuwadzana resident called the flooding absurd, noting it happened a stone's throw from Town House. Another demanded central government step in because the council clearly cannot handle it.
The flooding wrecked vehicles, with hidden potholes damaging suspensions in submerged streets. Although weather services predicted heavy rain, the speed and severity of the floods exposed the city's broken drainage network, highlighting a total lack of preparedness.
