Elias Sithole, the head of South Africa’s National Disaster Management Center, declared a national disaster in an official notice dated Tuesday, citing the impact of the “severe weather.”<\/p>\n
Disruptive rains, floods, strong winds and hail from Oct. 22 to 29 caused a significant impact in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Limpopo, North West, Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces, Sithole said.<\/p>\n
The severe weather resulted in the loss of life, damage to property, infrastructure and the environment as well as the disruption of basic services, he said.<\/p>\n
The storms and floods killed at least 10 people and displaced hundreds more in the Eastern Cape alone, according to local media reports.<\/p>\n
“After assessing the magnitude and the severity… I classify the impact caused by this severe weather system in the areas listed as a national disaster,” Sithole stated.<\/p>\n
The declaration of a national disaster will allow the national government to release funds to the affected provinces, enabling them to address the damage caused by the floods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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