DurbanFloods | 'From where we stand, we have reports of collapsed walls, and mud slides as well as roads that have been flooded.'
Co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube told journalists on Tuesday that massive damage had been"inflicted on public and private infrastructure".
Cogta said at about 10am that at least 23 people had died in the flooding - but paramedics told TimesLIVE that three additional bodies had been recovered from a collapsed house in the Queensburgh area, bringing the total number of dead to at least 26."From where we stand, we have reports of collapsed walls, and mud slides as well as roads that have been flooded," she said.Emergency workers have been responding to desperate calls for help since early on Tuesday morning.
"The weather is not going to be abating soon, as the weather centre is reporting that we will [have a] 60% [chance] of rain today and gale force winds will be coming from the southern part of KZN. "Cogta will be conducting assessments of the damage but estimates that it could run into millions [of rands].
"The extent of damage to infrastructure includes flooded and blocked roads, collapsed buildings and perimeter walls, blocked storm-water drains and sewer lines, flooded buildings and households and power outages as a result of electric cable damage," said Dube-Ncube.
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