The heavy rains, which caused massive landslides, also left hundreds of people displaced while 10 others are still missing.
JOHANNESBURG – The Gift of the Givers will begin distributing food parcels and other goods in and around Durban this morning after this week's devastating floods which left at least 32 people dead.
“We’ll start with the basic stuff; the blankets and it’s still raining and people were out in the open without shelter. Among those killed in the floods and mudslides that crushed homes in Durban on Tuesday were a six-month-old baby and a child aged around 10, authorities said."Heavy rains have since claimed 33 lives so far," Nomusa Dube-Ncube, KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs said in a statement.
The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance Department said that the MEC and other officials have been deployed around Durban to assist with search and rescue operations.
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