Roads flooded, buildings washed away in latest Durban downpour - No deaths have been reported after mudslides caused by heavy weekend rains
have been left homeless by the heavy rains which hit the KwaZulu-Natal coast on Saturday and Sunday, no deaths have been reported despite mudslides and massive damage to roads and infrastructure.
Low lying areas in the south of the city – including Isipingo – were flooded overnight, while roads were washed away in parts of Pinetown, to the west of the city, which had also been hammered badly in last month’s downpours. said that there was still no comprehensive report on the impact of the latest rains, but that a “worrying” picture was emerging.
Around 250 people had been evacuated at Tongaat and at Te Huis near Umlazi and had been taken to some of the city’s 82 care centres, which had been opened along with all municipal halls in order to accommodate those who had lost their homes this weekend.
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