Families of KZN storm victims identifying loved ones
With the storm death toll climbing to over 60, Co-operative Governance says it's doing everything it can to assist the affected families.
Emergency and rescue efforts have entered their third day. Some people are still missing.
Minister Zweli Mkhize says right now, they want to make sure that people have access to recovery resources.
Distraught families in KwaZulu-Natal have begun the painful process of identifying the bodies of their loved ones, who were killed when a storm blasted through the province this week.
Local officials are asking grieving families to come forward after more than 60 people, including children, lost their lives.
#DurbanFloods KZN disaster management has now confirmed that the death toll is standing at over 60 @ECR_Newswatch
— Nushera Raisa Soodyal (@nushera) April 24, 2019
Earlier Cogta Minister @DrZweliMkhize told Newswatch that engineers have been called in assess the damage. pic.twitter.com/oKF5ifkezB
Many were crushed to death in their homes in areas including Chatsworth, Malvern, Mariannhill, Umlazi, Overport and the Bluff.
KZN Health says their bodies are being kept at the Medico-Legal Mortuaries in Pinetown and Durban's Magwaza Maphalala Street - formerly Gale Street.
Counsellors will also be there. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government will assist families as much as it can.
ALSO READ: NGOs rally to assist KZN flood victims
Speaking yesterday in Westcliff, where eight people lost their lives, he said they'll also help those who've been displaced.
"We are all here to support the family and the many other people who have sought refuge."
