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Southbound lanes of the N3 Highway, which connects Durban and Johannesburg, were closed due to flooding and debris. [6] By the 13th of April, trucks were backlogged on the N3 South from the Mariannhill Toll Plaza back 10 km to Hammarsdale with minor looting taking place as they were unable to enter the port in Durban. [21]
The floods damaged more than 30,000 houses, leaving more than 50,000 people homeless. Damage was estimated at US$500 million. 14 bridges were washed away. The floods destroyed four aqueducts serving the Durban metropolitan area, leaving people without water. [6] [5] Several rural villages were entirely destroyed. [7] The floods also wrecked ...
Following the floods subsiding, Durban acting port manager Nokuzola Nkowane said in a release that operating divisions were carrying out assessments to establish the full extent of damage caused by the storm, and revealed that Durban port's pollution control teams had been on-site cleaning up the debris within port waters, aided by cleanup from ...
The 2010–2011 Southern Africa floods were a series of floods across three countries in Southern Africa. Linked to a La Niña event, above-average rains starting in December led to widespread flooding. Thousands of people were displaced and evacuations of more continued.
Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 306 people in South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, including the city of Durban, and more rainstorms are forecast in the coming days.
The South African Weather Bureau considered Domoina as the "first tropical cyclone in recent history to have caused flooding and extensive damage." [ 1 ] Nationwide, the storm caused 60 deaths and damaged the properties of 500,000 people, [ 11 ] causing R100 million (1984 ZAR , $70 million 1984 USD).
Tara Moore’s “Legacy: The De-Colonized History of South Africa,” which opens the 45th edition of the Durban Intl. Film Festival on July 18, is the South African-born, U.S.-based actor and ...
5 – The first wave of floods hit Mozambique. 9 – The South African Air Force airlifts foreign tourists cut off by floodwaters in the Kruger National Park. 11 – Mbabane, the capital of Swaziland, is left without drinking water due to flooding. 11 – The swollen Limpopo River bursts its banks.