Hundreds of residents have been evacuated in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province amid a high alert over renewed flooding.
The province experienced deadly floods last month and still restoring damaged infrastructure and making plans to re-home people displaced after flooding last month, which was among the worst to have affected KwaZulu-Natal province in its recorded history.
April’s floods killed 448, with 88 still missing, left more than 6,800 homeless and damaged more than 25 billion rand ($1.58 billion) of infrastructure.
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Heavy rains have been pounding this weekend and the local administration is on high alert to prevent any loss of life.
Local mayor Mxolisi Kaunda says no comprehensive report has been shared on the impact of the latest heavy rains but residents have reported destruction of infrastructure.
A level 10 warning – the highest and most severe level – issued by the weather service remains in place.
Most of those affected by the April flooding have never recovered, according to local media.
Houses were swept and roads destroyed during the April floods.
Source: BBC