Floods Kill Several In Eastern South Africa, School Children Swept Away | Firstpost Africa | N18G
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Floods Kill Several In Eastern South Africa, School Children Swept Away | Firstpost Africa | N18G
At least seven people have died in South Africa after heavy rains and snow triggered severe flooding across the Eastern Cape province. A school bus carrying students was swept away by floodwaters near Mthatha, leaving several children missing. Three were rescued after clinging to trees. In the same region, six people died as homes and cars were submerged, and a seventh body was found near Tsolo. Meanwhile, a separate crash involving a minibus taxi killed five others after the driver swerved to avoid a fallen tree. Disaster response teams have been deployed, with parts of the province cut off due to weather. Authorities warn of more rain and snow in the coming days, with KwaZulu-Natal also on alert.
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Always a tragedy when children loose their lives.
this has never happen before I even suspect this foreigners who are flooded in our country are bad lucky to our country .feel soŕy for our fellow under so many challenges and now this
This is absolutely false. There's no climate change. Have a look at the solar activity at the moment. IT IS WHAT'S CAUSING ALL THE WEATHER, EARTHQUAKE AND VOLCANO ACTIVITY GOING ON GLOBALLY. Anyone who's been tracking the sun's activities for the past three months will tell you we've had MAJOR solar storms and CMEs (coronal mass ejections). All of this is running parallel to the Biblical feast days. Signs in the heavens and on the earth… Read your Bible. The answers are in there.
Condolences !
Climate change? Please ?
Tokolelle Madomkop 😂😂😂. The Western countries told her about climate change. Madomkop, there is no global warming. Finish and klaar .
Condolences to you families who have lost loved ones ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
It's ashamed that our children been treated like dogs don't care about and our goverment don't care and expect from us to feel sympathy but I think the whole world is gatvol for any sympathy because we don't get sympathy from goverment and now we are on the same page sorry
Be exited its only the beginning of God's judgement starting
Floods in winter? This is so sad 😢
Maybe start asking the government why they playing with our weather – chem trails all over and weather engineering and I see the blocking of the sun by their favourite sponsor and funder …
BILL GATES !!
Also Universities !
Please ask why a NASA PLANE … kept going on the same route up and down and up and down close to KZN…
We can’t see our mountains in Cpt For the last three years … the sky is no longer dark blue but grey and one can see the crap … ALUMINUM AND OTHER METALS!!
PLEASE TEST OUR AIR!
STOP WITH THE CLIMATE GREEN AGREEMENT … you are creating and pushing the weather storm … using the advantage …
The agenda is to kill our farm and live stock areas ..
Please get our air tested please and start going to planes … Gov and private planes that have been modified to release these evil heavy metals in the air creating weather changes and igniting storms and producing clouds …
We have always had amazing and warm weather … and the past two years it more cold than hot yet they say HOT EARTH …
Please investigate !
Pray for our children🙏🙏
There is no climate change in the world
Why don’t you focus on your poor country of India ?
why did they allow kids to go to school?😢Schools must be closed.this is said.😢
Voting for the same buffoons for 30 years …….
It was so bad I thought my windows is going to be hit out by rain and it seeped in there also I had to put towels on the floor. From eastern cape. East london
This very sad. But there is more to these unnecessary deaths than just floods. This is just symptoms to the actual problems.😢
Now tell me they are not fk'n with the weather.
This makes me weep but we are to blame surely. We ignore obvious issues. Clearing areas for houses more houses animal have to move these floods around the world will of course bring famine We are overpopulated but not doing something about it. It’s our fault. But I’m so sad so many people must have vanished in total fear. God help us
A financing gap 😂. You mean the anc has stolen everything and there's no money left.
The south african government spent 300 million rand to take israel to the icc but couldn't build homes for the indigenous people(their own people) useless government 😢 now the poor suffer
Giba
Global warming happening. 😅
Mmm. Poorest province, deaths comes very easy, crimes that clames many people at the same time. Incidents like these comes and took so many lives, it's very easy to die in this country, some times shots as an animal….( Mistaken as it says)
Any other country would secured the area but not here. You’re on your own to figure out
Ridiculous
Climate change and mental health are not what money should be spent on
These people need proper infrastructure and emergency services and hospitals to be funded
These lefty loonies are trying to divert scarce resources from people getting real help
The government should utilise rescue helicopters around the area . What is the use off this government ? Waistng billions of rands paying their bodyguards ?
Is this a propaganda channel or news? I mean you hit the talking points, but even I know that we cannot use political terms or funding obsession to explain the tragic events that happened. Have you guys been paying attention to actual scientific data collection, or just some political agenda? How can children's lives be explained away like this? Have looked at what is happening with the sun at the moment, have you considered the lack of infrastructure in some places in South Africa?
I am here in the Eastern Cape, two fire figtheres from the airport passed away in the flood in Mthatha. People were stranded on trees waiting for hours and hours for help. There was no rescue mission until the flood subsided and people died. There was no helicopter and no boats that could be dispatched in Mthatha, all because of poor disaster managment in the Eastern Cape. It is sad, the tragedies could have been avoided. I feel sorry for the families who lost loved ones its very painful.
The west has weapons that manipulate the weather by the way
This is unbearable
Prayers xx
This is a warning from God our creator. With all the evil going on in Africa and around the world this is his judgement upon the nations of the world .
Sad. But ask your prez to stop being antisemitic.
God has mercy on south Africa.
we get 2 to 3 feet of snow in the U.S every year, sometimes pure ice storms. They gotta train people how to drive in the snow over there, and how to make sure they got equipment for these cases. And weather alerts.
South africa is finished
@5:07 ….. a "financial gap" ….. this is sweet talk for CORRUPTION and POOR URBAN and RURAL planning. I fail to comprehend why media play into this informational bullshittery with terms of obfuscation and deceit. When a racist does something racist, they never moss the beat to highlight this to the rafters, and terms used are very direct and unmistaken. When it comes to stuff that touches on institutional and governmental incompetence, corruption and outright theft, language becomes very creative and blame is shifted in every direction other than toward the aforementioned. It is not climate change, it is not extreme weather, it is not "lack of money" that is the cause ……. though these can and certainly do contribute. The dire consequences, however, would be mitigated were there competence, science and sound financial management and resource usage in this country.
I pray for you my fellow South Africams
This is unprecedented. May you find safety and mercy
Kim, Johannesburg
Look at those poor people the conditions they live in, while SA government officials live in luxurious multiple billions of rands worth of properties, they don't gjve a sh** about their poor citizens do they???
Condolences south Africa 😢😢😢
Very sad 😢
my sincere condolences to all who have lost their lives and may God be with all those who are in mourning and to all my brothers and sisters the elderly and children and all the animals in my thoughts and prayers thank you to everyone who is assisting with the storms through out SA
The government could not give 2 hoots about the citizens in the country. They have destroyed everything. Most city councils are on their knees. They can barely afford to pay salaries; forget about the actual work they are supposed to do. They have pillaged almost every council in the country. Johannesburg the biggest city is suffering with power outages, water cuts, and crucial road maintenance is not done. Dealing with a climatic event like this is not easy but would be easier if the Government and all their accomplices could stop raiding and robbing the city councils and local Governments, like they were their own bank accounts.
Incompetent contactors, bribes, and corruption and destroyed a lot of infrastructure in the country.