Emergency services say they are still not certain about the exact number of people who were swept away by the raging waters but three people are still missing.
JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg Emergency Services are calling on residents who may have lost loved ones during the Jukskei River flash floods to come forward.Search and recovery efforts were once again hampered on Tuesday by severe thunderstorms.
For more than nine hours, emergency personnel searched the shallow but rapid streams of water while a team of divers walked the river banks in search of more victims. ' City of Joburg EMS December 6, 2022 Despite their best efforts and an extensive team of rescuers, no bodies were retrieved from the river.
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