Heavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

Date: 26 Feb 2000
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Heavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

On 26 February 2000, it is reported that Cyclone Eline, which struck the Southern African countries of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique was continuing to ravage the areas with heavy rains. The heavy rains, which started on 21 February 2000, continued for months, flooding large agricultural areas and homes. Thirty three people were reported dead in Zimbabwe and twenty nine in Limpopo. South Africa was once again ravaged by heavy floods in early 2011, leading to fears of a repeat of the disaster 11 years earlier. The floods, however, turned out to be less severe and caused less devastation.

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01Storm Chasing February 2000 - Tropical Cyclone Eline [online] Available at: www.stormchasing.co.za [Accessed on 15 February 2013]
02The Zimbabwean Cyclone Eline: the scars remain a decade later [online] Available at: www.thezimbabwean.co.uk [Accessed on 15 November 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2013, February 20). Heavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094897

South African History Online (2013) 'Heavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe', South African History Online, 20 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094897 (Accessed: 22 August 2026).

South African History Online, Heavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094897, (accessed 22 August 2026).

"Heavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe." South African History Online, 20 Feb. 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094897. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Heavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe." South African History Online. February 20, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094897.