Toll hits 259 in South Africa's deadliest floods on record
13th April 2022
The heaviest rains in 60 years pummelled Durban's municipality, known as eThekwini. According to an AFP tally, the storm is the deadliest on record in South Africa.
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Various family members grieve at the United Methodist Church of South Africa in Clermont, near Durban. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP)
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Devastating floods killed 259 in and around the South African city of Durban, a senior government official said Wednesday, after hillsides were washed away, homes collapsed, and more people were