Rescuers in South Africa search for missing after floods leave at least 57 dead

Cape Town, Jun 12 (AP) The death toll in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 57, a government minister visiting the scene of the disaster said Thursday.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa said the flooding around the town of Mthatha in southeastern South Africa was “a real disaster and a catastrophe when we have so many people dying.” (AP) RD RD

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