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Floods

Severe weather warning issued for KZN as torrential rains lash the province

By Rafiq Wagiet

The weather service has issued a level 10 warning for torrential rain, flooding and mudslides in some coastal areas of the KZN.

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  • Picture: Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Joint Sitting of Parliament on widespread flooding on 26 April 2022. Picture: @CyrilRamaphosa/Twitter.

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  • Screengrab of containers drifting in floodwaters in KZN from video posted by Eyewitness News @ewnreporter

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  • KZN has been hit by devastating floods. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News.

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  • Screengrab of video of flood damage in Ntuzuma, north of Durban, @_NMabaso

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  • KwaZulu-Natal residents deal with the aftermath of the damage caused by heavy rain and floods on 13 April 2022. Picture: @kzngov/Twitter

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  • These pictures were taken in areas such as Mayville and Inanda. Picture: Xolile Bhengu/Eyewitness News.

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  • KZN has been hit by devastating floods. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News.

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  • This handout photo taken on April 12, 2022 and received from the Philippine Coast Guard shows coast guard personnel evacuating local residents from their flooded homes on a makeshift raft in the town of Panitan, Capiz province as heavy rains brought on by Tropical Storm Megi inundated the area. Picture: Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP

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  • Screengrab of video of flood damage in Ntuzuma, north of Durban, @_NMabaso

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    39 days ago
  • SCREENSHOT: There are also power failures in several parts and the South African Weather Service is predicting the heavy rain will continue to bear down on the province on Tuesday. Picture: Supplied

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    40 days ago
  • Eyewitness News’s Masechaba Sefularo visited the Eerste Fabrief settlement in Tshwane where rescue operations are underway following heavy flooding. Picture: Eyewitness News

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  • Tshwane metro police are trying to keep curious locals from standing on the bridge over the flooded Pienaarsrivier. Picture: Eyewitness News

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