Victoria Falls — WITH the country facing floods and potential cyclones during the current rainy season, the Civil Protection Unit (CPU) has acquired 18 drones to be used for surveillance and reaching flood-hit areas countrywide. CPU acting director Mr Nathan Nkomo said disaster preparedness started with planning. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) is an international document that was adopted by the United Nations member states in 2015 at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan, to tackle disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation when setting the Sustainable Development Goals. "We need drones and luckily we got 18 from a partner and we will eventually use them to collect intelligence in the event that bridges and roads are swept away." Mr Nkomo said the CPU was conducting training of staff on use of the drones and information technologies associated with the servers and connectivity that will be used.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 24, 2021 07:00 UTC