Johannesburg-SANA
Seven people have been killed in floods caused by torrential rains over the past few days in South Africa.
"At least five people, including an infant, were killed in the province," Nunala Ndlovu, a spokeswoman for the Disaster Management Center in KwaZulu-Natal province, southeast of the country, told AFP, adding that a number of people were still missing.
Two other people were killed in neighboring Mpumalanga province, according to local authorities.
In Limpopo, the province located in the north of the country on the border with Zimbabwe, a hospital, roads and bridges were affected by the floods, and a number of cars were washed away by the floods.
In turn, the South African presidency said in a statement: “The government declared a state of national disaster to allow for a strong and coordinated response to the repercussions of the floods.”
And the National Center of Meteorology warned that it still expected continuous and heavy rains, threatening new floods.
Last year, South Africa witnessed the worst floods in its history, and heavy losses were recorded in Durban, the country's third largest city and one of the main ports on the continent, as rains and floods caused more than 400 deaths, and more than 85,000 people were affected.
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