Rescue teams recovered four bodies - two adults and two children - from a home in Ellen Road, Malvern, which collapsed after a mud slide.
“It’s currently 2.20am in Ellen Road in the Malvern area. The rain is picking up and the search has been suspended due to dangerous conditions. It has been decided by the rescue team [which] has been working for hours to rescue survivors and bodies. At this stage we can confirm that two children and two adults have been killed and multiple [people] injured,” said Jamieson.
Emergency rescue teams worked for about two hours to rescue a woman in her 70s who had been trapped under rubble after her home collapsed in torrential rains. Her son, who was in the next room, died as a result of his injuries.In another call-out, workers rescued a woman in her 70s after she was entrapped for almost two hours under rubble when her Overport home collapsed.Jamieson said rescue workers had cleared the area of other residents to avoid any further tragedy.
In the Eastern Cape, homes were flooded and residents had to be evacuated overnight after heavy downpours. reported that gravel roads in Coffee Bay were washed away and 10 guests from the popular Ocean View hotel had to have their vehicles towed after they got stuck in the mud.Women and children had to be evacuated from the heavily flooded Green Farm in Port St Johns.
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