South Africa: KZN floods cause damage of over R1bn, province wants disaster declared By News24
“The estimated damage currently stands at R1.1bn with the eThekwini damage alone estimated at over R685m. Railways, roads, houses full of furniture and personal possession were damaged and at places destroyed entirely,” Mchunu said at his Durban offices.
A total of 1 469 people were displaced and they had to be housed temporarily in community halls or at the homes of their neighbours and relatives, he added. “Many families have been rendered homeless. In addition to displacement, many people’s lives were interrupted by power outages, the majority of which have been attended to.”Mchunu said the provincial executive had resolved to classify the province a disaster area, “because the province alone cannot cope with these incidents”.
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