Matthew
Matthew Cochrane works for the International Federation of the Red Cross. He is their communications manager for Southern Africa and is currently in flood-hit Namibia.
Crocs, snakes and hippos add to Nambia flood misery
"That's my house," said Dennis as he rolled up in a dugout canoe through Lisikili village about 30 km outside of Katima Molilo in Namibia's northeast Caprivi province. The village is about 3 km from the Zambezi River and has suffered severe flooding. People here are saying these floods are the worst in more than 50 years if not longer. ...
Northern Namibia swamped as river bursts banks
"Why would people live so close to the river?" We were standing at the water's edge looking across at a small collection of mud huts now in a metre of water. "Actually, it's not close," said Julietta, regional manager for the Namibian Red Cross. She pointed across the body of water to a tree line about 400m away. "The river is normally on the other side of those trees." The Kavongo River in northern Namibia has broken its banks in a way that hasn't happened in more than 45 years. Heavy rain here and in the Cuvelai basin of southern Angola has sent torrents of waters through communities that weren't prepared in the slightest. ...
