Al Jazeera English 
South Africa has declared a national disaster after a storm killed hundreds of people.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says more needs to be spent shoring up defences against the effects of climate change.
In 24 hours last week, up to 40cm of rain fell in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez Hoda-Yan reports.
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Thanks for highlighting the crisis. 🙏🏾 I pray our country takes climate change seriously now
Horror
He is a disaster
Why in black country hundreds die. But in white countrys about 2 ppl dies?????
Mother nature has fed up with us!!!
Yep, blame climate change.
Nothing to do with over-population.
Also known as too fuking many people.
Climate change is cap . Weather manipulation is a thing that happens too .
Unless you repent you will all likewise perish
You poor people
What you need to do is repent for your murders your thefts your lies your sexually morality and your idolatry
That is the only way you are having life
Otherwise fear anguish torment to every soul that is disobedient to the Creator the Lord God the maker of the Heavens and Earth and everything in it
The desolations will continue until the end of the war
The end will come by a flood
Said the Lord God
I think your fact checking sucks. 40 mm for south africa is nothing. We cope with 200mm before it floods. Just saying. Fact check
Gunfire held by police in (sri Lanka, rambukanna ) in protest …no human rights here
Pray SA recovers soon from this tragic event. The world needs to really focus on climate change and it's terrible effect on our planet.
WHO OPENED THE DAM? WHO BUILDS IN A FLOOD PLANE? STOP GEOENGINEERING
Its not 'climate change' – it's years of theft, incompetence and disregard for regular maintenance on basic infrastructures the ruling ANC government has failed the people of South Africa! Proper Houses are not built for the poor, roads and bridges are not built to spec because BEE contractors steal billions, storm water management systems are in ruins because maintenance is ignored.
So Sad 2C Happening In Name $O Called Climate Change 😭💔😡 Deception Of Geo Engineering n Weather Modifications by Elites Agenda 🖐🖐🖐
I thought Elon Musk had come up with a genius idea to help his people
That's why you send Salem to South Africa 🇿🇦 🙄 😒
It's a big shame when you start blaming climate change because state money is being used for personal interests and not for infrastructures and than this happens and you start saying it's climate change when climate changes were spoken about in the 60's and nobody cared or listened because as longest they stealing state funds and they eating and sleeping nicely the country South Africa is being sabotaged by our leaders what a shame!
God is great they believe in Songoma
Ndiabona phila kakhulu Umzantsi
I been thinking of you lately Africa kinda sorrow but just I am as well ,hear my waters roar