Fourteen people died when a river suddenly overflowed in Johannesburgas the region was hit by severe storms yesterday, Saturday, and rescue services are expected to continue searching for missing people, it was announced this evening by the city’s emergency services.
The death toll therefore rose from nine to fourteen after five more bodies were found, Robert Mulaounji, the city’s emergency services spokesman, told AFP, who was unable to give an exact number tonight. who continue to be reported as missing.
“Last night, a group was participating in religious services in the river when a storm started,” said Robert Mulaunji, the city’s emergency services spokesman, who said 33 worshipers were on the banks of the small Juskei River at the time of the river’s spectacular overflow. .
Hopes of finding “alive people who are reported as missing are dwindling”, he underlined.
Source: News Beast
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