South Africa declared a national disaster Sunday after floods killed at least 30 people, damaged thousands of homes, and ...

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The South African army was using helicopters to pluck people to safety as they took refuge on rooftops or in trees.

Over 100 dead after torrential rain and floods in southern Africa as more weather warnings issued - Torrential rain has hit ...

There have been no reports of injuries but the State Emergency Service was responding to reports of people stuck in caravans ...

Severe flooding in Mpumalanga has shut schools, disrupted learning and prompted a state of disaster as officials prioritise ...

It was one of those “one-in-one-hundred-year’’ weather events we hear so much about that it has become a statistical cliche.

Drought settled on Victoria during World War II. Then came calamitous fires and finally, the Big Flood, stranding a little ...

Some of the world’s biggest megacities are located in river deltas threatened by subsidence due to excessive groundwater ...