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Persistent thundershowers have wreaked havoc across the country, with 14 lives that have been lost, homes submerged, vehicles swept away and agriculture affected by floodwaters.

On Monday, government declared a national state of disaster to enable a coordinated response to the impact of floods affecting Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, the Northern Cape, and North West provinces.In Mpumalanga, three people died and four are still missing, where heavy rains left a trail of destruction in the Nkomazi, Bushbuckridge and Mbombela municipalities.

The executive Mayor of the Nkomazi local municipality, Phindile Magagula says 45 families have been accomodated at a home based care centre and another 51 families are kept at a local school after their homes were flooded.In Gauteng, heavy rains have claimed at least seven lives over the past few days. Two people drowned in the Apies River in Tshwane while five bodies were retrieved from a stream in Olievenhoutbosch.Heavy rain and flooding have claimed four lives in the Eastern Cape.

 

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