HWANGE FLOODS: 200 miners trapped underground, Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road closed temporarily due to fallen trees

  ABOUT 200 miners were trapped underground while equipment worth thousands of dollars was damaged at Makomo Resources coal mine following heavy floods that hit Hwange district yesterday. Twenty one families and inmates at an Old People’s Home had to be evacuated to safety as floods raged through settlements that include the Hwange Colliery Company (HCCL) concession, Lwendulu village’s F-section and Cinderella. Makomo Resources general manager Mr Samson Mabvira confirmed the flooding of the mine….

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