An
influx
of
water
following
continuous
rains
in
recent
weeks
breached
the
walls
of
the
dam
at
a
farm
in
Chipinge,
a
remote
district
in
the
east
of
the
country,
on
Sunday.
Authorities
initially
said
a
four-year-old
girl
doing
laundry
with
her
mother
and
a
30-year-old
man
died.
The
girl’s
mother
survived.
However,
with
some
children
unaccounted
for
in
the
area,
a
frantic
search
and
rescue
mission
kicked
off
and
resulted
in
the
recovery
of
four
more
bodies
of
children
this
week.
The
southern
African
nation’s
disaster
management
agency,
the
Civil
Protection
Unit,
said
the
search
is
continuing
for
two
more
children,
ages
eight
and
four,
who
are
still
missing.
The
agency
said
gushes
of
water
flooded
downstream
villages,
catching
the
children
who
were
fishing
or
doing
laundry
on
a
nearby
river
by
surprise
and
also
destroying
agricultural
equipment
and
killing
livestock.
A
team
from
the
Civil
Protection
Unit,
the
police
and
community
members
were
combing
the
area
to
locate
the
missing
children.
Zimbabwe,
fresh
from
the
most
severe
drought
in
four
decades,
has
seen
incessant
rains
in
many
parts
of
the
country
in
recent
weeks.
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