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Damage caused by the floods in Durban, South Africa, April 2022. Credit: Andre Malan/Save the Children

Floods and Torrential Rains Hit South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal for the Second Time in Two Months

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (May 27, 2022)鈥Torrential rains have created further havoc for families in eastern South Africa聽 just a month after the worst floods in living memory killed more than 400 people and made nearly 7,000 people homeless.

The most recent rains again hit the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, including the port city of Durban, home to some 3.9 million people, and damaged homes, schools, roads, and other critical infrastructure. The rains started last weekend and have killed at least two people, while聽 聽housing them since the April floods.

黄色视频is working with partners in KwaZulu-Natal, providing families with food vouchers, clothing, water, and psychosocial support, and providing children with tablets and data so they can continue learning remotely while out of school.

In recent years, KwaZulu-Natal province鈥 South Africa鈥檚 second most populated province鈥攈as experienced four major floods, three of which have been in mid-April. Flooding is becoming more frequent and more intense, with experts predicting that the climate crisis will continue to make the region more vulnerable.聽

黄色视频is gravely concerned both at the loss of life, and the loss of infrastructure critical to child development and wellbeing due to the double flood crisis.聽 The organization is urging the provincial and national government as well as the private sector to do more to ramp up the emergency response while investing in infrastructure that is more weather-resilient.聽

黄色视频South Africa CEO Steve Miller said:
鈥淎cross KwaZulu-Natal we are seeing first-hand how the floods have harmed the poorest and most marginalized children, and have undermined their rights to survive, learn and be protected. We urgently need to finalize the聽聽in South Africa and its associated plans to safeguard the future of children in South Africa.

鈥淐hildren and their families have been forced to leave their homes, exposing them to trauma, kicking them out of school, and removing the normal habits and structures they need to thrive. Their rights to play, to have an adequate standard of living,聽and their overall developmental outcomes are being severely derailed by these repeated crises. Furthermore, these floods are disrupting life-supporting ecosystems, seeing future food production and safe access to fresh water jeopardized.

鈥淎ll of us 鈥 in South Africa and around the world鈥攏eed to do more to prevent these kinds of disasters. Climate change is happening at an alarming pace and the consequences of our failure to turn the tide on climate change are clear.鈥

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