Durban (South Africa)
Housing Crisis Propels High Death Toll in South Africa Floods
DURBAN, South Africa — In 2009, as officials in the port city of Durban prepared to host the next year’s World Cup of soccer, they moved hundreds of residents from their tin shacks near the city center to a flood-prone field south of town. The new settlement, a tight cluster of squat homes made of […]
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South Africa Floods: Death Toll Passes 250
JOHANNESBURG — The death toll from several days of punishing rain that drenched the city of Durban and the surrounding areas near South Africa’s east coast rose to more than 306 on Wednesday, prompting criticism from residents that the government had failed to prepare for what are now increasingly frequent storms. Although the rain in […]
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