MyNorthwest

News

Opinion

Sports

Tools

Connect

Flooding continues in South Africa’s Durban area; 259 dead

Shipping containers carried away and left in a jumbled pile by floods in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Flooding in South Africa's Durban area has taken at least 259 lives and is a "catastrophe of enormous proportions," President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Str)

A woman is seen through a damaged wall hanging her clothes on a makeshift washing line in Ntuzuma, outside of Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Flooding in South Africa's Durban area has taken at least 259 lives and is a "catastrophe of enormous proportions," President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Str)

Shipping containers carried away and left in a jumbled pile by floods in Isipingo, south of Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Prolonged rains and flooding in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province have claimed dozens of lives, according to local officials. (AP Photo)

Flooding continues in South Africa’s Durban area; 259 dead