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South Africa: Floods Wreaked Havoc Because People Are Forced to Live in Disaster Prone Areas #AfricaClimateCrisis
The Conversation Africa, 14 April 2022
Rapid urbanisation and government failure to deliver adequate housing are among the driving forces behind the proliferation of informal settlements across South African cities and… Read more »
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South Africa: Floods in South Africa - Protecting People Must Include a Focus On Women and Girls #AfricaClimateCrisis
The Conversation Africa, 14 April 2022
Climate change is one of the main factors contributing to recurring floods experienced in many parts of the world over the past years. In 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on… Read more »
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South Africa: Floods Cause Devastation, Mostly for the Poor in Informal Settlements
Daily Maverick, 12 April 2022
Civil society and humanitarian groups have called for urgent interventions in areas affected by flooding in KwaZulu-Natal, particularly informal settlements. While residents… Read more »
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South Africa: Could the KZN Flooding Disaster Have Been Mitigated By a Better Early Warning System?
Daily Maverick, 12 April 2022
A weekend of heavy rain in KwaZulu-Zulu has not let up, causing flooding and mudslides that have killed at least 45 people. The rainfall has been described by forecasters at the SA… Read more »
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South Africa: Devastating Floods Wreak Havoc in Ethekwini
GroundUp, 12 April 2022
Houses collapse in Ntuzuma north of Durban Read more »
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South Africa: Govt Dept Urges Caution as Heavy Rains Batter Province
SAnews.gov.za, 12 April 2022
The Kwazulu-Natal Disaster Management Centre has activated support from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) as heavy rains continue to batter parts of the province. Read more »
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South Africa: South Africans Seek Shelter After Hundreds Killed in Catastrophic Floods
RFI, 14 April 2022
Victims of South Africa's deadliest storm on record scrambled to get help on Thursday as the death toll from floods and landslides that struck the country's south-east surged… Read more »
Hundreds Die in Flooding In South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal Province
The death toll from devastating floods in and around Durban in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province has risen to 306, the government said on Wednesday April 12, 2022, AFP reports.
The province continues to count the cost of the floods. Poor residents who have lost their homes are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance, the shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo has told the Daily Maverick.
"The number of people who have lost their lives has yet to be confirmed, but our members witnessed people, including at least two babies, being taken by the water and many people are missing," said the organisation, which is active in KwaZulu-Natal's informal settlements.
"Huge numbers of people have lost their homes and all their possessions and are now entirely destitute. People living near rivers were worst affected."
President Cyril Ramaphosa visted the areas affected by the floods on Wednesday April 12, 2022. The deluge has caused widespread damage to property and infrastructure after some regions in the province recorded more than 200mm of rainfall between 8 and 11 April.
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Hundreds of people have been shifted to safety after torrential rains caused floods that killed at least 14 people and damaged houses in the Eastern Cape. The Eastern Cape Pre Read more »
