More Than 400 Was Killed, 40,000 Homeless After "the Most Deadly" South Africa Flooded

Durban, South Africa: East who was hit by flood floods in South Africa was hit by more rain Saturday after the most deadly storm to attack the country in a living memory killed nearly 400 people and left tens of thousands of homeless people.

Floodwaters swallowed parts of the Southeast Coast City of Durban this week tore the streets, destroyed the hospital and swept the house and those trapped in it.

Emergency services in the southeast KwaZulu-Christmas (KZN) province, where Durban is located on the coast of the Indian Ocean, high-aired.

Recovery operations and humanitarian assistance are taking place in the city of 3.5 million which is usually full of Easter tourists this weekend.

The count of death rose Saturday to 398 while 27 people were reported to be missing, the government said in a statement. More than 40,000 have been given homeless people.

“Unfortunately there are still restored corpses from homesteads, especially from rural areas,” said Shawn Herbs from the first Netcare 911 respondent to AFP.

“There is still damage that occurs, especially with the rain we experience today.”

This weekend’s rainfall will not be “busy because in the last few days”, according to Puseletso Mofokeng, southern African weather fortecator.

With excessive soil saturated with water, more floods are expected.

Rugby matches are canceled

Apart from light rain fell in the city, a local Premier League football match between Amazulu and Maritzburg United advanced at the 2010 World Cup Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday.

But the Rugby Currie cup match between local teams, sharks and bulls from Pretoria, scheduled for the city was canceled Friday as a sign of respect for flood victims.

Troops, police and volunteers lead the search and rescue operations.

Marianhill residents, desperate to news of their relatives were relieved when they saw the savior, but the fear of fresh rain survived.

“We have a rescue team finally … getting here, but seeing the rain that will return, they will be disturbed,” said Dumisani Kanyile after the recovery team failed to find 10 missing family members in the Durban district.

Mesuli Shandu, 20, a close relative of the family, still in a state of disbelief “that a large number of people died in one day, including babies”.

“When I come, I think it’s a dream, maybe someone will pinch me and say it is a dream, just wake up.” But “I see all the savior and dogs looking for their bodies”.

‘Another disaster’

Six days after the flood was first beaten, hope to find congratulations and spokesman for emergency medical services Durban Robert McKenzie said the response was now focused on recovery and humanitarian assistance.

“We have moved from the emergency phase to the disaster recovery phase, more for the efforts of humanitarian assistance and service recovery,” he told AFP.

The victim was still desperately looking for lost relatives.

Floods have damaged more than 13,500 homes and are completely destroyed by around 4,000, leaving 58 hospitals and clinics “very affected”, the government said.

Rare clean water and authorities have promised to spread water tankers. Residents use shopping trolleys to bring water buckets.

The government has announced a billion rand ($ 68 million) in emergency aid funds.

The Confederation of African Football Head (CAF) Billionaire Patrice Motsepe contributed what he called “humble contribution” of 30 million rand ($ 2.0 million, 1.9 million euros).

“Our people suffer,” Motsepe said in the hall from being transferred.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has postponed a working visit to Saudi Arabia scheduled to begin on Tuesday, his office said.

“The loss of nearly 400 lives and thousands of houses, as well as the economic impact and destruction of infrastructure, called on all hands on the deck,” said Ramaphosa.