Ten die, more than 1,000 displaced in South Africa flooding

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A resident attempts to build a barrier at Cape Town's Phola Park settlement in 2001. At least 10 people have died and more than 1,000 have been displaced following flooding in South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, public television reported on Thursday. Photo courtesy AFP.

by Staff Writers
Johannesburg (AFP) June 19, 2008
At least 10 people have died and more than 1,000 have been displaced following flooding in South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, public television reported on Thursday.

SABC television said that one person was still missing after the unseasonally heavy rains caused flooding and wreaked havoc with widespread damage.

Officials have been making efforts to move people out of affected areas to safety as well as providing relief, local government spokesman Mike Mabuyakulu said on SABC radio.

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