{"id":49727,"date":"2024-01-16T08:58:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T08:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/heavy-rains-cause-severe-damage-to-huye-nyamagabe-road\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T08:59:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T08:59:23","slug":"heavy-rains-cause-severe-damage-to-huye-nyamagabe-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/heavy-rains-cause-severe-damage-to-huye-nyamagabe-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rains cause severe damage to Huye-Nyamagabe road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a result, vehicles were unable to continue their journeys, prompting passengers to transfer to vehicles on the other side by crossing on foot. <\/p>\n<p>Mayor Ange Sebutege of Huye District reported the incident to relevant security agencies, who are now collaborating with authorities to provide instructions for alternative routes.<\/p>\n<p>The road, crucial for Kigali-Nyamagabe-Rusizi trips through Kitabi and reaching Nyungwe National Park, is a significant disruption for travelers. Rwanda National Police confirmed the impassability of the Huye-Nyamagabe road and advised road users to bear with the inconveniences while the situation is being addressed.<\/p>\n<p>The Rwanda Meteorology Agency had earlier warned of above-normal rainfall in the south-western parts of the country until January 20, raising concerns about flooding, soil erosion, and landslides. <\/p>\n<p>The affected areas include Karongi, Nyamasheke, Rusizi, Nyamagabe, Nyaruguru, Huye, Gisagara, Nyanza Districts, and southern parts of Ruhango, Bugesera, Ngoma, and Kirehe Districts. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities are urging preparedness and mitigation measures to minimize the impact of expected rains.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-62852\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gd5fjikwsaabv91-cb085.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-62851\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gd5fjiexwaauxdw-7c82f.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{A section of Huye-Nyamagabe road, situated in Kigoma Sector, Karambi Cell, Kigarama Village, was heavily damaged due to intense rainfall in the Southern Province on Monday. The destruction began around 11:00 a.m., progressively worsening until the road was completely destroyed by 7:00 p.m.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000062850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-49727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000062850,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gd5fjikwsaabv91-cb085.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gd5fjikwsaabv91-cb085.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gd5fjikwsaabv91-cb085.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gd5fjikwsaabv91-cb085.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gd5fjikwsaabv91-cb085.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gd5fjikwsaabv91-cb085.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000062850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49727"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=49727"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=49727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}