The Latest Breaking News from Durban

Intense rains have swept through KwaZulu for almost a week now, sweeping away people and property.

South Africans were searching for survivors on Friday of floods that killed almost 400 people, according to the latest tally, washing away homes and roads and leaving thousands without shelter, water and power.

‘Climate change is here,’ says President Ramaphosa after 300 died in eastern city of Durban

Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 306 people in South Africa’s eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, including the city of Durban, and more rainstorms are forecast in the coming days

Victims of South Africa's deadliest storm on record scrambled to get help on Thursday as the death toll from floods and landslides that struck the country's south-east surged beyond 300.

“Catastrophic” floods in South Africa have claimed the lives of at least 300 people.

The deadliest storm ever recorded in South Africa has already taken 300 lives, including 10 from a single family, as well as flooding a crocodile farm and helping the beasts escape from captivity

President describes ‘catastrophe of enormous proportions’ as more than 300 people die in Durban area

At least 306 people have been killed in flooding around Durban in South Africa. On a visit to the stricken city, President Cyril Ramaphosa described the devastation as a "catastrophe of enormous proportions". Also, Amnesty International accuses Mali of stalling war crimes and abuse investigations. And after the French city…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says flooding in the Durban area has taken at least 259 lives and is a “catastrophe of enormous proportions.”

The current flooding in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban is dire and reports indicate that hundreds of people have died and thousands directly affected. Several months’ worth of rainfall have fallen in a day or so, and the effects have been catastrophic.