The National Disaster Center released a statement that the greatest impacts were recorded in the northern provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga, where the deaths occurred in recent hours.

Torrential downpours in the north of this country, besides causing missing persons, the destruction of roads and bridges, caused the closure of the Kruger Park and the evacuation from that area of hundreds of tourists, reported television media.

After visiting areas in the province of Mpumalanga, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered the Ministry of Finance and other agencies to provide assistance and implement a “get-to-work” strategy for disasters in various territories, published the digital newspaper Eyewitness News. The Head of State also directed rescue teams to continue their victim relief efforts in the damaged areas.

According to reports, more than a hundred civilians were killed and thousands of others injured as a result of storms last year in the southern South African province of Eastern Cape.

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