On South Africa's eastern coast, residents are searching for survivors of devastating floods that have killed around 400 people
Flooding on east coast this week killed around 400 peopleLINDELANI, South Africa, April 15 - Bonakele Mtshali was away at a funeral when flash floods on South Africa's east coast swept her iron-roof shack off the hillside in Lindelani township, taking two of her girls with it.
Mtshali's daughter was one of about 400 people, possibly more, killed in extremely powerful rains that battered the coast, leaving about 13,600 people homeless and numerous families in mourning for lost relatives.There is no sign of Mtshali's 11-year-old daughter, Ntwenhle. She has lost hope of finding her alive in her township by a river on the outskirts of Durban, the port city at the epicentre of the floods that have upended the lives of 40,000 people.
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