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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>SOUTH Africa\u2019s coastal province KwaZulu-Natal was hit by more rain over the weekend after the deadliest storm to hit the country in living memory killed nearly 400 people and left tens of thousands homeless.<\/p>\n

The floods have damaged more than 13 500 houses and completely destroyed around 4 000. On Sunday, 27 people were still missing and 40 000 residents are left without shelter.<\/p>\n

Floodwaters engulfed parts of Durban earlier in the week ripping apart roads, sweeping away homes and those trapped inside, and pulling down heavy cargo containers.<\/p>\n

Clean water is scarce and authorities have promised to deploy water tankers. The government has announced one billion rand in emergency relief funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust as we thought it was safe to get out of (the Covid) disaster, we have another disaster, a natural disaster descending on our country,\u201d President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a Good Friday speech.<\/p>\n

More than 4 000 police have been deployed to affected areas to support relief efforts and maintain law and order. Emergency services were on high alert as weather forecasters predicted more rain over the Easter weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s already raining in some parts of KZN but it won\u2019t be as hectic as it was in the past few days,\u201d Puseletso Mofokeng, senior forecaster at the South Africa Weather Service, told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut because of the soil being over-saturated with water, we can still get a lot of flooding,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n

In an opinion piece, associate professor Hope Magidimisha-Chipungu of the University of KwaZulu-Natal said the floods wreaked havoc because people are forced to live in disaster-prone areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe unavailability of suitable land for adequate housing is due to stunted progress in urban land reform. This, in turn, is crippling the capacity of local governments to provide adequate housing in areas that are not prone to disaster,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA quarter of South Africa\u2019s urban population is living in informal settlements. These are built wherever people find open spaces that are nearer to economic opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey lack basic amenities and infrastructure, including proper roads and stormwater drainage systems. This leaves their residents most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and changing weather patterns, such as floods.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said Ethekwini\u2019s geographic information system shows that some of the vacant land being encroached on by informal settlements falls under the 50- or 100-year flood lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cLiving within areas demarcated as flood lines is not only illegal but also very dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

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