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Authorities say the death toll from severe floods that inundated parts of South Africa’s rural Eastern Cape province two ...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to visit the sites of devastating floods that have left at least 78 people dead in the southeast of the country.
Floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape have claimed 101 lives, including a 12-month-old baby, as search teams continue to look ...
Receding floodwaters that submerged homes days before left the residents of Mthatha, South Africa, helpless. They watched the ...
The discovery of a 15-year-old boy’s body in Mthatha has raised the Eastern Cape floods death toll to 95, with search efforts ...
The death toll in floods in one of South Africa's poorest provinces rose to at least 78 on Thursday as a top official said rescue attempts in the first hours after the disaster had been "paralyzed" by ...
A relative reacts as bodies of her sister and three daughters were retrieved from inside a one room house, after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday, June 12, 2025.
South Africa declared a national disaster on Thursday following severe weather in several parts of the country last week.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa said the flooding around the town of Mthatha in southeastern South Africa was “a real disaster and a catastrophe when we ...
Floods in South Africa kill dozens, toll likely to rise Search and rescue operations would continue for a third day on Thursday. ... in Mthatha, South Africa, Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
South Africa's leader visited the region where devastating floods have left at least 78 people dead in the country's southeast as searches continued Friday for a fourth day and authorities said they ...
Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane, center stands with a local government official stand in front of a damaged home after flooding in the area, in Mthatha, South Africa, Wednesday, June 11, 2025.