{"id":255648,"date":"2022-04-18T04:19:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T23:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=255648"},"modified":"2022-04-18T04:19:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T23:19:16","slug":"rescuers-hunt-missing-after-south-african-floods-kill-more-than-400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/rescuers-hunt-missing-after-south-african-floods-kill-more-than-400\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescuers hunt missing after South African floods kill more than 400"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> JOHANNESBURG<br \/>\nFloods have killed more than 400 and caused at least 10 billion rand ($684.58 million) in damage in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), a senior provincial official said on Sunday, as rescuers hunted for the missing and more rain was expected.<br \/>\nThe floods have left thousands homeless, knocked out power and water services and disrupted operations at one of Africa\u2019s busiest ports, Durban.<br \/>\nRavi Pillay, a KZN official responsible for economic development, tourism and environmental affairs, said that in addition to just over 400 deaths, about 40 to 50 people were unaccounted for.<br \/>\nReferring to the damage, he told local television channel Newzroom Afrika it had \u201cexceeded the 10 billion mark at this point\u201d.<br \/>\nPublic broadcaster SABC on Saturday put the death toll at 398, with 27 missing.<br \/>\nPresident Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s office said in a statement late on Saturday he had delayed a working visit to Saudi Arabia to focus on the disaster. Ramaphosa will meet cabinet ministers to assess the response to the crisis.<br \/>\nPillay said some KZN hotels had reported occupancy levels of up to 70% but there had been a significant number of cancellations over the normally busy Easter weekend that he estimated at 30% in some cases.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is very unfortunate because &#8230; we are coming back from a very traumatic two and a half years, and we actually had been building very nicely January, February, March in terms of our tourism numbers,\u201d he said. \u201cWe were looking forward to that proverbial bumper Easter, but it was not to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG Floods have killed more than 400 and caused at least 10 billion rand ($684.58 million) in damage in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), a senior provincial official said on Sunday, as rescuers hunted for the missing and more rain was expected. 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