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Flood warning issued for parts of SA

The SA Weather Service on Sunday issued a flood warning for parts of the Gauteng‚ Mpumalanga and the North West provinces after days of heavy rain. “We have from Sunday until Monday issued a ‘watch’ for possible flooding over the eastern…

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Members of police search and rescue at the scene near Westcliff Secondary School in Chatsworth, south of Durban, where the home of a caretaker was demolished in a mudslide following torrential downpours on April 23 2019. Image: Orrin Singh
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KZN flood death toll shoots up to 32 as nine more bodies found at Chatsworth

Provincial authorities have confirmed that the current death toll from torrential rains that ravaged KwaZulu-Natal since Monday night is 32. Co-operative governance and traditional affairs spokesperson Senzo Mzila said on Tuesday that 23…

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A massive hail storm hit the Sun City resort on Saturday December 15 2018. Image: Twitter/@_ArriveAlive
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Sun City’s main hotel shut until January following severe storm

The main hotel at storm-ravaged Sun City will be out of commission until the new year. The world-famous holiday resort said on Wednesday that it had completed most of its mop-up operations after a severe storm on Saturday caused damage…

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Flash floods on Gauteng roads as rains persist

Torrential downpours are occurring across Gauteng on Sunday‚ after a wet Saturday which saw hailstorms reported in various parts of the country. Roads are flooding in Pretoria‚ Johannesburg and southern Gauteng‚ said the Gauteng Weather…

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