When it rains ,it kills

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“I nearly lost my life, and my neighbour, I believe, is in hospital,” Fourie said. Rescue workers were digging through collapsed buildings along South Africa’s eastern coast, where at least 60 people were killed when heavy rain caused flooding and mudslides, authorities said on Wednesday.

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The region had been hit by heavy rains for days, but authorities did not foresee the downpour late on Monday, said Lennox Mabaso, a spokesman for the provincial Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs department.

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Hundreds have been displaced, mainly in the port city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal province. Flooding also killed at least three people in Eastern Cape province, state broadcaster SABC said on Wednesday.

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Victor da Silva, a resident in the coastal town of Amanzimtoti, said his family managed to evacuate before the floods destroyed their home and cars. Multiple dwellings collapsed in the mudslides, said Robert McKenzie, a KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Medical Services spokesman.

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