SANDF rescue team dispatched to help in flood-hit Port St Johns
JOHANNESBURG – The South African National Defence Force has been instructed to help rescue and evacuate those affected by heavy rains in and around Port S Johns in the Eastern Cape province, the department of defence and military veterans said on Tuesday.
The department said the SANDF rescue team would work with other disaster teams to help those affected. Meanwhile, five people had been confirmed dead by early Tuesday morning after a storm that lashed the Durban area in KwaZulu-Natal province overnight. On Ellen Road in Malvern, four people, including a child, died when a muddy bank collapsed onto their home. Paramedics were at the scene for hours, hampered by heavy winds and rain.
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