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The floods damaged more than 30,000 houses, leaving more than 50,000 people homeless. Damage was estimated at US$500 million. 14 bridges were washed away. The floods destroyed four aqueducts serving the Durban metropolitan area, leaving people without water. [6] [5] Several rural villages were entirely destroyed. [7] The floods also wrecked ...
Cuzco, Huallaga, torrential rain, flooding, landslide Peru: 1982 517 1967 Massive rain of Japan, mainly, Kobe, Kure, Agano River, massive rain and landslide Japan: 1967 506 KwaZulu-Natal: South Africa: 1987 500 Malawi, flash flood and landslide Malawi: 1991 500 [14] 2018 East Africa floods: Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, and Somalia: 2018 483 ...
The depression in the time affected several cities and parishes in Jamaica and Cuba, along with causing significant rainfall in southern Florida. Jamaica was the area hardest hit by the depression, claiming the lives of six people and causing about $1.802 million (1987 USD, $3 million in 2009 USD) in damage. The depression caused floods that ...
The floods in Kwazulu-Natal Province have knocked out power lines, shut down water services and disrupted operations at one of Africa's busiest ports. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana told TV ...
Touring devastation in Kwa-Zulu Natal province, President Cyril Ramaphosa promised residents that help was coming. But there's more rain coming, too. Floods kill more than 300 as record rainfall ...
On the 13th of April, it was announced that 59 people were killed across KwaZulu-Natal: 45 in eThekwini and 14 in iLembe. [14] [15] Later that day, the number of reported deaths due to the flooding was increased to 450. [16] KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala stated at least 2,000 homes and 4,000 shanty homes were damaged or destroyed. [14]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited flood affected areas of the KwaZulu-Natal region, as the death toll rose to 306 people on Wednesday, April 13, according to local reports.This ...
Described as the worst flooding in over 20 years, [15] the precipitation increased levels along most rivers in the country, some of which rose 30 m (98 ft) in a few hours. The floods washed out or damaged over 100 bridges, and two railways had cuts in their lines. [11] The floods closed at least 20 major roads [7] and the country's primary airport.