Cyclone Eloise: 2 children killed, hundreds of homes destroyed in SA
Updated | By Nushera Soodyal
Two people in the country have died due to flooding caused by Storm Eloise.
This was confirmed at a briefing earlier by Cooperative Governance Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
One of the victims was a 14-year-old boy who drowned yesterday in KZN's Zululand District.
The other was a five-year-old boy in Mpumalanga Province, who drowned while trying to cross a river.
KZN Cooperative Governance MEC, Sipho Hlomuka, says two boys were also rushed to hospital in Zululand after their home collapsed on Sunday.
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He says dozens of homes and other infrastructure were damaged in the Umkhanyakude District.
"280 households and 916 people have been affected. We have 175 houses that were completely destroyed and a number of roads and bridges affected."
Minister Dlamini-Zuma says disaster management teams are continuing to assess the damage in Limpopo, Mpumalnaga and KZN which are the three provinces affected.
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"The families that needed help have been helped but we are assessing the damage across the districts where there has been flooding and government is working together with NGOs that are helping us."
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