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TEN men spent more than eight hours on tree tops on Sunday after they were marooned by a flash flood while walking along the shores of Ruti Dam in Masvingo, while a couple survived a night on an island on Mungwezi River in the same province.
The men were rescued by the Air Force of Zimbabwe.
The 10 were walking towards Gutu from Buhera early on Sunday morning when they suddenly found the water levels rising.
National police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi said the men survived by climbing trees.
“They then raised alarm resulting in the Air Force of Zimbabwe being called to rescue them at around 4pm,” he said.
Chief Supt Nyathi urged people to desist from attempting to cross flooded rivers.
Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Peter Zhanero said a Chiredzi couple spent a night on an island on Mungwezi River when they too were trapped by suddenly rising water levels.
The couple left the island when water levels subsided the next day.
Last month nine people were marooned in separate incidents in Chivi and Beitbridge.
Seven of them were on an island on Tugwi River in Chivi, and the other two were border jumpers who tired to cross into South Africa via the Limpopo River.
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