The heavy rains that hit Harare on Monday exposed the Harare city council’s failure to deal with the city’s drainage system as a number of streets were left submerged in water.

Samora Machel Avenue. Picture by an AMHVoices contributor
Samora Machel Avenue. Picture courtesy of the Humanitarian Information Faciliation Centre Facebook page
Julius Nyerere Avenue.
Corner Samora Machel Avenue and Julius Nyerere.Picture courtesy of the Humanitarian Information Faciliation Centre Facebook page
A tree fell on a car near the corner of Albion and Mbuya Nehanda Streets. Picture by Jacqueline Mbayiwa Makuvatsine

A shopping mall along Kwame Nkrumah Avenue was one of the most affected areas as water from the clogged street gushed into shops, forcing owners to temporarily shut down their businesses.

Workers at a food outlet clean up after the rains. Picture by Jacqueline Mbayiwa Makuvatsine

 

Muddy water in the mall along Kwame Nkrumah Avenue

 
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