WARNING: This is Version 1 of my old archive, so Photos will NOT work and many links will NOT work. But you can find articles by searching on the Titles. There is a lot of information in this archive. Use the SEARCH BAR at the top right. Prior to December 2012; I was a pro-Christian type of Conservative. I was unaware of the mass of Jewish lies in history, especially the lies regarding WW2 and Hitler. So in here you will find pro-Jewish and pro-Israel material. I was definitely WRONG about the Boeremag and Janusz Walus. They were for real.
Original Post Date: 2007-02-28 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
Harare – Six districts of Zimbabwe’s eastern Manicaland province were plunged into darkness after strong winds induced by Cyclone Favio damaged power lines, an official said on Tuesday.
“The cyclone has been causing havoc on our electricity distribution system since the weekend,” James Maridadi, spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority, told AFP.
“Manicaland province is the worst affected so far, with at least 400 poles brought down but we expect more damage because the cyclone is still on.”
“The poles are giving in because the ground has been weakened by the incessant rains.”
At least 19 power lines supplying the tea and fruit processing districts of Vumba, Penhalonga, Stapleford, Odzi, Marange and Chimanimani were also damaged by the strong winds, Maridadi said.
The value of the damaged property stood at ZIM$300-million (about R8,6-million) late on Monday, he said.
Favio classified as a category four cyclone – generating winds of around 200km an hour – swept through neighbouring Mozambique last week uprooting trees, sweeping off roofs and damaging power lines.
The cyclone was downgraded to a tropical depression when it reached the eastern districts of Zimbabwe.
The damage dealt another blow to Zimbabwe’s power utility which often resorts to scheduled power cuts because of a power deficit resulting from a serious financial crunch.
Zimbabwe has yet to repair bridges and other structures destroyed by Cyclone Eline which hit southern Africa early 2000.
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