Disaster management teams in the south of Durban are on high alert after severe flooding battered the area, leading to the death of five people in Lamontville.
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The area has been battered by heavy rains which led to destructive flooding, with emergency services from the Ugu District Municipality and Ray Nkonyeni Municipality on high alert. Affected areas include the N2 Murchison, Umbango Bridge, Kwangwabe, Grace Low Level Bridge, Beach Garage and Nkongweni Bridge and OK Foods and Pharmacy in Margate.Addressing the current crisis, CoGTA MEC, Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi assured residents that disaster response teams were working around the clock too. He noted that there were many trapped by the floods and officials were working on rescuing them.
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