The Mississippi River’s crest migrated slowly downstream on Friday, submerging farm fields and small towns with its relentless flow.
Heavy rains on the KZN South Coast had subsided by Friday, allowing clean-up operations to begin. Ten people are known to have died in the deluge.
At least six people have been confirmed dead in the torrential rainfall that has battered the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) South Coast over the past two days.
Heavy downpours on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast have broken four rainfall records, one of them dating back to 1964, and claimed at least four lives.
When the people of Fengkai were warned that the rivers in their south China town were going to overflow, they knew what to do.
The swollen Mississippi River ran over the top of at least nine more levees on Wednesday as flood waters swallowed up more United States farmland.
Flash floods triggered by two days of heavy rain in eastern India killed seven more people and displaced more than two million, officials said.
Four people were confirmed dead on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast on Wednesday as a result of floods following heavy rainfall, rescue services said.
One child was confirmed dead and five others were missing on Wednesday morning on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast following a heavy downpour.
Heavy rains in southern and eastern China have left at least 62 people dead or missing, while over one million residents have been evacuated.
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/ 10 October 1987
The official death toll in the Natal floods has soared above 250 and with over 150 people reported missing it is expected to rise still further.
The death toll In Natal/ KwaZulu stands at 145 with a further 78 people missing.