Mop-up operations underway after severe thunderstorms in KZN
Updated | By Gcinokuhle Malinga
Disaster management teams have been dispatched to various parts of the province where heavy rains caused havoc on Saturday night.
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Localized flooding in some areas left some houses submerged underwater and mud houses completely destroyed.
The heavy rains also uprooted trees, damaged schools, and roads.
READ: Storm Dennis wreaks havoc across UK, parts of France
KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs spokesperson, Senzelwe Mzila confirmed that there were no fatalities and mop-up operations are underway.
"This includes municipalities that are within the uMgungundlovu, Ilembe, Harry Gwala, Amajuba District."
"We are also aware that a number of schools have been damaged specifically in the area of uMzimkhulu in Ward 9, where the roof in the school was utterly destroyed, and the whole school was damaged."
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