Johannesburg: On April 17, a senior provincial official reported that floods have killed more than 400 and caused at least 10 billion rand ($684.58 million) in damage in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The rescuers have started hunting for the missing amidst more expectations of rain. “It is very unfortunate because … we are coming back from a very traumatic two and a half years, and we actually had been building very nicely January, February, March in terms of our tourism numbers,” a govt official said. “We were looking forward to that proverbial bumper Easter, but it was not to be,” he added.

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