Durban floods death toll likely to increase – Gauteng Weather
Mudslides have resulted in five reported deaths with many more left trapped.
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Following reports that more structures in Durban have collapsed, Gauteng Weather has stated that the death toll in the area is likely to increase from the five already reported.
🔴BREAKING: Sources tell us more structural have collapsed in Durban due to torrential rain. Death toll of five likely to increase #DurbanFloods
— Gauteng Weather (@tWeatherSA) April 23, 2019
In Ellen Road, Malvern, four people – one of them a child – died when a muddy bank collapsed onto their home. Paramedics were at the scene for hours, despite being hampered by heavy winds and rain.
In West Road, Overport area, a 70-year-old woman was pulled from the rubble alive after being trapped for over two hours when her home collapsed. The woman’s son died.
🇿🇦 SOUTH AFRICA: Trail of death & devastation in KZN & the EASTERN CAPE due to torrential downpours
⚰️5 DEAD in KZN
🚑At least 3 INJURED
🏚3 STILL TRAPPED in collapsed structure
⚠️MUDSLIDE THREAT in parts of DBN
🌊FLOODS in Mthatha & Port St Johns
⬅️EVACUATIONS in E.CAPE— Gauteng Weather (@tWeatherSA) April 23, 2019
“Multiple units have attended to different incidents [throughout the night],” said Jamieson.
Several calls had been received from the Chatsworth area where homes had also collapsed, he said.
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(Compiled by Kaunda Selisho)
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