{"id":318033,"date":"2022-04-18T16:57:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T14:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=318033"},"modified":"2022-04-18T16:57:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T14:57:43","slug":"sa-floods-hundreds-dead-tens-of-thousands-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=318033","title":{"rendered":"SA floods: Hundreds dead, tens of thousands homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>SOUTH Africa\u2019s coastal province KwaZulu-Natal was hit by more rain over the weekend after the deadliest storm to hit the country in living memory killed nearly 400 people and left tens of thousands homeless.<\/p>\n<p>The floods have damaged more than 13 500 houses and completely destroyed around 4 000.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, 27 people were still missing and 40 000 residents are left without shelter.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"3\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"395\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-318041\" data-id=\"318041\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1.jpg 592w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-274x183.jpg 274w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-80x54.jpg 80w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-130x87.jpg 130w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-359x240.jpg 359w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-85x57.jpg 85w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-546x365.jpg 546w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-165x109.jpg 165w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-347x233.jpg 347w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-112x75.jpg 112w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-179x120.jpg 179w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-170x113.jpg 170w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-81x55.jpg 81w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-765x510.jpg 765w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A shack sits precariously with its foundations washed away in Durban. Photo: Darren Stewart\/News24<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-318039\" data-id=\"318039\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-2.jpg 780w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-2-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-2-534x300.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">People walk across a makeshift bridge over a river, after a bridge was swept away in Ntuzuma, outside Durban. Photo: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-318037\" data-id=\"318037\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-3.jpg 780w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-3-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-3-534x300.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Residents collect clean water from a broken pipe on the side of the road in Amaoti. Photo: Marco Longari\/AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-318036\" data-id=\"318036\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-4.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-4.jpg 780w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-4-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-4-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SA-floods-4-534x300.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A man in Clermont salvages the remains of what used to be the United Methodist Church of South Africa. Photo: Phill Magakoe\/AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Floodwaters engulfed parts of Durban earlier in the week ripping apart roads, sweeping away homes and those trapped inside, and pulling down heavy cargo containers.<\/p>\n<p>Clean water is scarce and authorities have promised to deploy water tankers.<\/p>\n<p>The government has announced one billion rand in emergency relief funding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just as we thought it was safe to get out of (the Covid) disaster, we have another disaster, a natural disaster descending on our country,&#8221; President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a Good Friday speech.<\/p>\n<p>More than 4 000 police have been deployed to affected areas to support relief efforts and maintain law and order.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were on high alert as weather forecasters predicted more rain over the Easter weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s already raining in some parts of KZN but it won\u2019t be as hectic as it was in the past few days,\u201d Puseletso Mofokeng, senior forecaster at the South Africa Weather Service, told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut because of the soil being over-saturated with water, we can still get a lot of flooding,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>In an opinion piece, associate professor Hope Magidimisha-Chipungu of the University of KwaZulu-Natal said the floods wreaked havoc because people are forced to live in disaster-prone areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unavailability of suitable land for adequate housing is due to stunted progress in urban land reform. This, in turn, is crippling the capacity of local governments to provide adequate housing in areas that are not prone to disaster,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA quarter of South Africa\u2019s urban population is living in informal settlements. These are built wherever people find open spaces that are nearer to economic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey lack basic amenities and infrastructure, including proper roads and stormwater drainage systems. This leaves their residents most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and changing weather patterns, such as floods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said Ethekwini\u2019s geographic information system shows that some of the vacant land being encroached on by informal settlements falls under the 50- or 100-year flood lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiving within areas demarcated as flood lines is not only illegal but also very dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sources: News24\/AFP\/BBC\/AP<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter SOUTH Africa\u2019s coastal province KwaZulu-Natal was hit by more rain over the weekend after the deadliest storm to hit the country in living memory killed nearly 400 people and left tens of thousands homeless. The floods have damaged more than 13 500 houses and completely destroyed around 4 000. 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