November 28, 2011

28th November 2011

KZN downpour kills eight



According to the SA Weather Bureau, 62.6mm of rain fell last night in Durban, which had already recorded 209.6mm for November, almost double its average.


The acting head of the eThekwini Emergency Control and Disaster Management Unit, Vincent Ngubane, said deaths had been recorded at Umlazi, Newlands East and Chatsworth.


The official death toll is eight, but the numbers could rise as emergency operations begin.

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