Flooding in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province has killed dozens of people.
It follows heavy rain on Monday that has swept away roads, submerged homes and forced many people from their houses.
Several others are missing and mudslides are hampering rescue work.
The government has deployed the army to help emergency teams.
Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller reports.
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When we talk of flood control, we usually think of dams and deeper river channels, to impound the waters or hurry their run-off. Yet neither is the ultimate solution, simply because floods are caused by the flow of water downhill. If the hills are wooded, that flow is checked. If there is a swamp at the foot of the hills, the swamp sponges up most of the excess water, restores some of it to the underground water supply and feeds the remainder slowly into the streams. Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years.
Hmmm
So much devastation, tragedy and environment damage, every where in the world. Pray people find the courage to rebuild and start over
Infrastructure is of utmost importance. I hope South Africa participates in China’s BRI. 🙂
At what cost?
Let’s help them in this condition .but why are they killing Zimbabweans. Some times God can punish us in different ways. Read carefully
Because zimbo’s work for half the pay of these people. In tough times employment is scarce and they see you as a threat to their livelihoods.
pack n go zim
INNA LILLAHE WA INNA ELEHE RAJEOON MAY ALLAH HELP EVERYONE.
Ya Rabb!🤲🏽❤️☝🏽
This is not man-made climate change, the only thing man-made about this could be for flood water management and for a road infrastructure and a lack of a warning system. The sun controls all of the rain and wind
Please inform your reporter that this is a disaster. All services (Police, EMT) are stretched.
There are several communities doing the best they can in restoring infrastructures, these actions are a temporary solution, until the rain and flooding has stopped. Please report the real facts and not what you want!!!!!
Apa yang kita tanam maka itulah yang kita tuai
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The older I get, the worse I feel for regular families who suffer.
Soros a hibás
My family are there 😢
Very bad
Way more people died
As someone in SA this is really sad to watch 😭
As a black man In America go and help 🆘 your ppl help help them
Only Gods mercy on you south Africa
Last i checked it was 259 dead.
Really? I’m very sorry to hear that.
May they all rest in ever loving peace.
People are devastated and a lot homeless. It is so sad, but the cynic in me thinks about all these people who participated in the killer riots last year…what you sow, so shall you reap!
It seems God has the last laugh , was it not the same people who went abt and destroyed their own country men’s businesses just last year in July . God indeed knows how to teach lessons to the wicked unfortunately the innocent are also then trapped
My area No Electricity, No Water. Even hole day no Network
Stop killing people you guys this is just a warning
You guys killing people like chicken 😭😭 do you think God is happy about that
This people are cruel to much no fear of God Jesus said love your neighbors as you love yourself they are treating foreigners badly this people God will punish them
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Close to 400 dead
To all those that say this is Africa…and act like they own this planet… This rain is God’s judgment.. He owns the world not you or me..
Only a few hours ago the majority of African people were commenting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and they supported Putin . So don’t look to Europe for help ,ask the dictator killer Putin for help .oh wait he won’t help you . Africa is on its own .
🇿🇦 we need more pray things are bad
from a fellow South African we are with you people of KZN, we are all in this together and we will all rise together.
South Africans all hands on deck… re kaofela.
In my country somalia drought hit hard and dryness. In southern Africa at least they are wet.
Isn’t it a way to bring in water 💦 or dig for it or cause stem 🙆🏾♂️
Omg people are literally dying and losing their homes Diriye. No disaster is better than the other. Stop
Where is the navy and rescue emergency u mean to tell me …..NVM 😴
bwahahahahaaa, what navy?!
“The south African weather service won’t attribute this to climate change.. ” what kind of snarky comment is that? Is she saying the Africans deserved this to happen to them because they are science deniers? What a rude comment to make after people just lost their homes.
Reporters are just that, they report what is told to them and let you make your own conclusion based on those facts. She did not mean anything in anyway, all she is reporting about are the facts given to her. So I don’t know why you think she was being rude.
Death toll is higher – above 200 deaths
The death toll now is at 309😭😭
Yeshua is returning soon praying for everyone around the world shalom 🙏
no think its time these 3rd world countries put in proper drainage kinda self inflicted this with no way to manage water
Rest in peace Elvis Nyathi
I know what u up to lol
Go home!!!!!
Didn’t Elvis eat people 🤣
They could have been vaccinated to avoid this
There’s also flooding in Philippines why no report on it?
This is sad and unbelievable
I blame foreigners
What did they do?
What foreigners
? …that they brought the rain from their countries… ‘Olofo’
The foreigners that own your entire economy or Nigerians and Zimbabweans?
I m so sorry 😞 🛐✝️🙏stay strong ❤💙😥💕🛐✝️🙏
New shipping lane opened
RHODESIANS NEVER DIE ❤❤❤
RHODESIA ❤❤❤
It’s a 309 death toll boet
Next time, The Government and its Leadership must chose to side with the Oppressed …..Russians are flying bombs causing more deaths and damages to Ukrainians and Ukraine soil….May the souls of the Departed rest in Peace-Amen
Ok.. Rip Elvis nyathi
What does that have to do with anything
Call operations dudula to dudula the flood
FaHHHHHHHHHHHmida not FameDa you ignorant!
I know what will help. Some emergency funds….oh wait…. We had to spend that after the looting…. That’s right.
The death toll is over 310 since yesterday
Durban will rise again 🙌 🙏
It’s the free Jacob Zuma karma
I am so glad to see Nature fighting back
This is so sad to watch I pray for those who’s going trough hard time in Durban this is climate change nothing more …
God is not helped about what you’ve done killing innocent people I’m telling you this is revenge think about Johannesburg you’re the next
As Jacob Zuma would say: Maintaining the drainage system is such a Western concept. The ANC continues to find ways to kill the innocent citizens of South Africa, who diligently vote for them every election. The tragedy continues.
Kzn people stop looting then won’t happen 😒stop robbery,looting,killing
I wonder how you got 45 when the death toll is more than 400 people. What kind of journalism is this!!!
The same way you treat Zimbabweans
Zimbabwe isn’t even going through floods right now but l know for a fact that they’re struggling much worse and would still do anything to come live in South Africa.
@Londiwe Buthelezi true!!!
Hambani well deal with our floods!
How can ths heavy containers floating on top of water n carried away just like that
AS FOR ME I DON’T THINK THS IS NORMAL
Expect more angers from nature… Climate change has come but still we don’t do anything to stop it… every country has obligations but still they’re blind on this matter…
hade bafwethu maan…inkosi induduze
…..Elvis….
Looters
Aha!”The New Normal?” Rather Weather manipulation and depopulation by stealth, I would think. Yep, they now own the weather! Depopulation through Weather Engineering/biowarfare
? Look up ‘cloud seeding.’
Once again the South African Government the ANC do nothing, just like they did during the unrest and looting back in July 2021. People are dying and they do not even have a Heli to lift people out….What an INEPT and CORRUPT LOT , the Government are. All the pilfering of funds that were meant to maintain storm drainage systems pillaged by corrupt ANC thieves.
Angheneleli yehovha swa vavisa leswi humelelaka kwazulu natal tintswalo ta hosi ative ka nwina
It’s god punishment for them serous they heart many forner
Allah the most powerfull.
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Kosi tsikelela Africa
Whats his response been ?
( ” Excellent…more international funds I can siphon off to family trusts…” )
It is horrific and so sad what has happened but the ANC need to be held accountable for their actions , ZUMA and his cronies including Cyril have stolen Billions of ZAR not including the Billions of ZAR lost in corruption to Covid. It’s time to take a stand , this money could have been used for maintenance which has not been done since 1994. This ANC government MUST GO.
My poor city
GOD of TB Joshua intervene in this case.
People have been crying due to drought and water shortage now too much.