Umlazi Floods Sweeps Away 50 Homes,2 Toddlers Missing

Byeline:  Indiphile Anna

Headline : Umlazi Floods Sweeps Away 50 Homes,2 Toddlers Missing 



MORE than 50 residents left homeless as well as two kids missing after heavy floods in Umlazi, KwaZulu Natal on Thursday ,8th of May.

It started drizzling in the morning and later on heavy rain started pouring causing people to slow down driving especially on their N2, later on around 6:00 PM homes started getting flooded, resulting in two kids going missing one believed to have drowned.

“I have lost all my belongings, my ID, bank cards as well as all my important documents in my home in this flood”-one affected resident said.
“The government knows about this that we’re at risk staying here, our only hope is that we found our - the mother of the child missing said.

Residents are still waiting for the municipality to do something to offer at least temporary homes for the affected residents, some are being assisted by the community members offering them places to sleep for the night.

 The picture illustrates the damage that was done by the floods.

Not only were homes getting flooded but also supermarkets too.



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