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6-month-old baby among dead in Durban floods
The death toll from the flooding has risen to 33, with reports of children missing and scores of people displaced.
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Gauteng residents warned of heavy rainfall, possible flooding
This is expected to result in heavy traffic delays, with Eskom also announcing stage 2 load shedding for Thursday.
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Two dead in Australia floods as fresh warning issued
As stormwaters receded in some areas, he warned of a difficult recovery ahead.
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Military steps in as Australia floods bring crocs to the streets
The Australian Defence Forces filled sandbags, deployed amphibious cargo vehicles and helped pluck flashlight-wielding residents from their rooftops Monday, as monsoon rains drenched the northern state of Queensland.
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Emfuleni municipality to offer food, blankets to displaced Sebokeng residents
The municipality says the affected areas include Evaton where roads were underwater and houses flooded.
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Gauteng residents warned to brace for heavy rains
Residents staying in low lying areas have been cautioned to make plans before the rains come.
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[WATCH] Caught on Camera: School bus swept away by flood waters
A school bus gets swept away in floodwaters after the driver fails to heed a warning sign.
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Death toll from Nigeria floods reaches 199
The almost annual floods are the worst since 2012 when at least 363 people died.
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Nigeria's disasters agency says 100 people killed in floods across 10 states
Such flooding tends to occur every year in the rainy season, exacerbated by poor infrastructure and lack of planning to protect against inundation, but this year the destruction has been the worst since 2012.
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CT authorities to assess flood-prone areas as cold front hits
The winter cold snap brought with it hail, heavy downpours and snowfall in the high-lying areas of the Boland and parts of the Cederberg.
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Worst flood in a century kills 43 in India's Kerala, more rain due
The five latest fatalities from the rain that began a week ago came when authorities in the southern state were forced to release water from 35 dangerously full dams.
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Search still on for 3 people washed away on Rawsonville farm
Eight people were on a tractor-trailer which was washed away while crossing a bridge on the Jan du Toit River.
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Cold front to land in Gauteng tonight, more floods for WC
The South African Weather Service says temperatures are expected to drop to negative digits in Gauteng.
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Heavy rains, landslides kill at least 100 in Kenya: Red Cross
Kenya’s Red Cross estimates at least 100 have also died in the downpours since early April, a humanitarian disaster that it says needs emergency funding.
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GP Human Settlement MEC urges Mamelodi extension 11 residents to relocate
Uhuru Moiloa and disaster management officials visited the victims yesterday where they discovered that the community is situated on a wetland area.
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Johannesburg EMS remains on high alert for floods
EMS says cleanup operations are continuing in several informal settlements including places severely affected by last week's flash floods.
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'Even pots are gone' - Soshanguve residents recount loss after heavy rain
Children in the informal settlement were unable to go to school on Friday as residents battle to save what’s left of their homes.
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Rainy weather to stay a little longer in Gauteng
The South African Weather Service says from Saturday, the temperatures are expected to rise, putting the mercury back into the 20s.
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Soshanguve residents stranded after homes flooded
Residents from an informal settlement known as Extension 14 near Soshanguve say they woke up to find their belongings floating in the water early on Friday morning.
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Storm lashing US Northeast kills at least five people
Almost 1.7 million homes and businesses were without power in the Northeast and Midwest as the storm pummelled the East Coast from Virginia to Maine.
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Floods, landslides in Vietnam kill 37 people, thousands evacuated
Forty people were missing and 21 others were injured after rains caused landslides and flooding, mostly in northern and central Vietnam.
