According to local authorities, the death toll from floods and mudslides that crushed homes in the South African port of Durban yesterday has risen to 33, with reports of children missing and many people displaced.
Among those killed was a six-month-old baby. In fact, 10 children are missing in Durban and 42 people have been injured. At least 145 people have been displaced.
In the recent days, heavy rains have lashed South Africa, with the eastern parts of the country badly hit since the start of Easter weekend.
In fact, during the last 24 hours, heavy rain and thundershower activities accompanied with strong winds have resulted in massive flooding over the area.
Government said that dozens of incidents of collapsed walls and flooded homes were reported throughout the night. Moreover, those killed were either crushed to death by mudslides or drowned in flood waters.
In addition to collapsed buildings and flooded roads, sewer lines were blocked, and electricity pylons had collapsed over. Search and rescue operations have begun from the governments end.
Further, we expect heavy rains along with strong winds to continue for another 24 hours, thus risk of more causalities and damage is still high. Thereafter, weather activities will gradually start receding from the region.
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