A woman and her 15-month-old daughter are missing and presumed drowned after being swept off a low-lying bridge by floodwaters near Harding on Wednesday night.
Parts of KwaZulu-Natal were hit by torrential rain and flash floods in the midst of a national drought.
Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala said divers from the Search and Rescue Unit had been deployed to the Mafodobo River which lies on the border of the Eastern Cape.
- Government urges residents to heed flash flood warnings as more rain expectedThe department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has warned communities to be alert as more rain is expected in a week that has already seen heavy flooding and road damage in some parts of the country.
“Yesterday evening the Port Shepstone Search and Rescue Unit received a report of a woman who was swept away by the river while carrying a child at Harding. Police are still searching for the missing persons‚” she said.
- ‘Daddy‚ come‚ come‚ come! The water is in the house’Jeremie Bukasa holds his hand up‚ raising it to nearly neck height as he illustrates just how much water he and his family had to wade through to get to safety in Newcastle‚ KwaZulu-Natal during flash flooding on Tuesday.
The search is expected to continue.
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