DurbanFloods: 'We are saddened by what happened here' - Ramaphosa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa lays a wreath at a debris of a house destroyed after massive flooding in Chatsworth near Durban, South Africa, April 24, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Rogan Ward.Photo: Supplied.Photo: Supplied.Photo: Supplied.Photo: Supplied.Photo: Supplied.DURBAN - President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Chatsworth in Durban on Wednesday morning where he met family of the eight people who died in the flash flood there this week.
"Our hearts go out to all those families and all our people who have been very badly affected with this. The force of nature is so huge and this is partly what climate change is about, that it just hits when we least expect it." The president said he would visit the Eastern Cape next. Some parts of the province were also hit by flooding.
He said residents, police and the emergency services worked through Monday night and much of Tuesday to clear the debris so they could reach the bodies. Singh also paid tribute to the local AFM Miracle Tabernacle church which helped with the recovery operation and accommodated the family of the deceased.
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