Zimbabwe Seeks Help After Flooding

The Zimbabwean Red Cross says about 800 families have been evacuated from northern parts of the country, after they were marooned by heavy flooding over the weekend.   Zimbabwe has witnessed incessant rains during the past week, resulting in floods in some parts of the country. On Sunday, police said a family of eight drowned after a car they were traveling in was swept away as they tried to cross a flooded river about 100 kilometers southwest of Harare. In the north, the...

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