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A father who four children in the devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal has told of how when the area was inundated on Monday night, he could hear sounds like a thunderstorm hitting his house roof.

More than 300 people have been killed since rains - the heaviest in six decades - destroyed homes and infrastructure in KwaZululu-Natal.

Tyres were burnt and cars were stoned as residents aired their frustration about being removed from a temporary shelter.

Women and girls living in poverty face many forms of discrimination and pressure during events like flood disasters.

The eThekweni Municipality has announced the estimated impact of the devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal stands at R757 million.


EThekwini Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda has called on desperate residents who lost their homes to refrain from building on riverbanks and areas that are prone to flooding.



DEATHS, mud slides and collapsed houses were among the horrors seen in Durban on yesterday, 12 April.

Households across KwaZulu-Natal were without water on Wednesday after heavy rain in the province.

President Cyril Ramaphosa's visit to flood-ravaged parts of eThekwini was overshadowed by hundreds of angry Bhambayi residents closing off the M25 highway in Inanda, north of Durban, with burning tyres and debris on Wednesday afternoon.

Multiple reports indicate that deaths were a result of cars being swept away while crossing bridges, homes collapsing, landslides and electrocution. Multiple reports indicate that deaths were a result of cars being swept away while crossing bridges, homes collapsing, landslides and electrocutio...