UMLAZI - Community halls housing Durban flood victims are in desperate need of assistance with many people being forced to sleep on the floor without enough mattresses to go around.
At least 75 people are being housed at a temporary shelter in Umlazi's Q section, which is one of the hardest-hit areas by this week’s deadly floods in KwaZulu-Natal.
Officials said the death toll in the province had risen to at least 67, while four others were killed in the Eastern Cape.EWN counted about 10 mattresses, despite officials saying 75 people were being housed there.“The floor space at the hall is enough for people to sleep on but we don't have enough mattresses, food and blankets.”While on Wednesday President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged funding to assist survivors of the disaster, many there said they had yet to see any help from the government.
Earlier on Thursday EWN spoke to an Umlazi resident who said she had resorted to squatting with a relative while she waited for government aid after her house was destroyed by flooding. #KZNFloods Some Umlazi residents show EWN what’s left of their homes. Many have nothing left but the clothes on their back, they say they’ve resorted to finding shelter at neighbors homes as they have not yet received any help. TK pic.twitter.com/NhOxKQZmMq
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