KZN floods cause damage of over R1bn, province wants disaster declared

The cost of damage to various parts of KwaZulu-Natal following last week’s heavy rains and localised flooding has run into billions of rand, Premier Willies Mchunu said on Monday. “The estimated damage currently stands at R1.1-billiolnn with the eThekwini damage alone estimated at over R685-million. Railways, roads, houses full of furniture and personal possession were damaged and at places destroyed entirely,” Mchunu said at his Durban offices.