Floods in south africa(Durban)

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In  nowadays South Africa is expriencing a lot of rainfall that causes floods.Today we are faced with many problems and damages caused by these big rainfall resulting to floods,for example peoples houses are being damaged and some of them get injured.Looking to what recently happened in Durban its not good at all many people died because of this floods ,their properties have crashed and left with nothing to rely on.Linking to what has affected Durban several people, including a one-year-old baby, were rescued from their Durban homes after flash floods,netcare 911spokesman Chris Botha said.families in four homes on Randles road were stuck in waist-deep water after a heavy downfall.The extreme weather,which struck hours before the opening of the UN climate change conference in Durban, caused flooding and widespread damage.

The Sunday night deaths brought the number of people killed by floods in kwazulu-Natal to 11 in less than two weeks. Kwazulu- Natal cooperative governance department spokesman,Mthatheni Mabaso said six  people were killed in Umlazi and Clermont townships,south west and west of the city , on Sunday night."We have been told they died  when their  houses collapsed.We  have also been told  that about 100 homes were flooded and damaged in Isipingo,"he said on Monday.Homes were flooded in Durbans affluent areas such as Umhlanga and Newlands.This shows that even the posh areas are not spared of the effects of climate change,"said Mabaso.

Cooperative governance MEC Nomusa Dube  would visit some of the affected areas on Monday"She will accompanied by her disaster management team. They will assess the damage,"he said."Rescue personnel assisted an elderly lady and a baby less than one year to safety. Both  were treated for  the cold and elderly patient had  to be treated for  an asthma attack.Up to 20,000 delegates from more more than 190 countries are gathered in Durban to thrash out a plan to counter global warming and the catastrophic climate change, including  extreme  weather, it is causing in many parts of the world.