--- title: 33 Reported Dead in South Africa Flooding | WeatherBug | WeatherBug description: South African media report that 33 people are dead from flooding and mudslides. canonical: https://www.weatherbug.com/news/33-Reported-Dead-in-South-Africa-Flooding og:title: 33 Reported Dead in South Africa Flooding | WeatherBug | WeatherBug og:description: South African media report that 33 people are dead from flooding and mudslides. og:url: https://www.weatherbug.com/news/33-Reported-Dead-in-South-Africa-Flooding og:site_name: WeatherBug og:locale: en_US og:image: https://cms-assets-con.cdn.weatherbug.net/assets/contentitems/8f/8f7e0511-226a-4c58-b11c-18ad5ab17e36/52e0ce98-d40a-4283-82d1-d0fe816ebf4b/03debbaf-3600-43f9-b517-842ab018d0b3.jpg og:image:width: 800 og:image:height: 600 og:image:alt: Floodwaters wash through a property near Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. South African media report Tuesday that at least 33 people are dead from flooding and mudslides in the country's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province caused by heavy rains that began on Monday. (AP Photo) og:type: article article:published_time: 2019-04-25T18:45:00Z article:modified_time: 2019-04-25T18:45:00Z article:author: By The Associated Press article:tag: flooding article:tag: International article:tag: news twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 33 Reported Dead in South Africa Flooding | WeatherBug twitter:description: South African media report that 33 people are dead from flooding and mudslides. twitter:image: https://cms-assets-con.cdn.weatherbug.net/assets/contentitems/8f/8f7e0511-226a-4c58-b11c-18ad5ab17e36/52e0ce98-d40a-4283-82d1-d0fe816ebf4b/03debbaf-3600-43f9-b517-842ab018d0b3.jpg --- [![](/_next/image?url=%2Ficons%2Fclose_white_bg.svg&w=64&q=75)](/weather-forecast/now) [Missing translation for key: backTo forecast](/weather-forecast/now) # 33 Reported Dead in South Africa Flooding April 25, 2019 at 02:45 PM EDT By The Associated Press ![Floodwaters wash through a property near Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. South African media report Tuesday that at least 33 people are dead from flooding and mudslides in the country's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province caused by heavy rains that began on Monday. \(AP Photo\)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms-assets-con.cdn.weatherbug.net%2Fassets%2Fcontentitems%2F8f%2F8f7e0511-226a-4c58-b11c-18ad5ab17e36%2F52e0ce98-d40a-4283-82d1-d0fe816ebf4b%2F03debbaf-3600-43f9-b517-842ab018d0b3.jpg&w=3840&q=75) ​JOHANNESBURG (AP) —South African media report that 33 people are dead from flooding and mudslides in the country's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province. State broadcaster SABC on Tuesday cites provincial authorities on the number of fatalities. The flooding has been caused by heavy rains that began on Monday. The report says hundreds of homes in the Indian Ocean coastal city of Durban alone have been damaged. Some people reportedly are wary of leaving their homes as waters rise because they fear the houses will be looted. Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. We use technologies, such as cookies, to analyze your use (i.e., pages visited), to customize content, for our internal analytics purposes and for security and other purposes. By continuing to use this website, you agree to this usage. Please review our [privacy policy](/legal/privacy) for more details as well as for information on how to contact us to object to these activities. [Ad Choices](/legal/privacy#digitaladvertisingandyourchoices) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.weatherbug.com/news/33-Reported-Dead-in-South-Africa-Flooding"},"headline":"33 Reported Dead in South Africa Flooding","description":"South African media report that 33 people are dead from flooding and mudslides.","image":["https://cms-assets-con.cdn.weatherbug.net/assets/contentitems/8f/8f7e0511-226a-4c58-b11c-18ad5ab17e36/52e0ce98-d40a-4283-82d1-d0fe816ebf4b/03debbaf-3600-43f9-b517-842ab018d0b3.jpg"],"datePublished":"2019-04-25T18:45:00Z","dateModified":"2019-04-25T18:45:00Z","dateCreated":"2019-04-25T18:45:00Z","articleSection":"Weather News","keywords":"flooding,International,news","articleBody":"​JOHANNESBURG (AP) —South African media report that 33 people are dead from flooding and mudslides in the country's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province. 
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\r\nState broadcaster SABC on Tuesday cites provincial authorities on the number of fatalities. The flooding has been caused by heavy rains that began on Monday.
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\r\nThe report says hundreds of homes in the Indian Ocean coastal city of Durban alone have been damaged.
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\r\nSome people reportedly are wary of leaving their homes as waters rise because they fear the houses will be looted.
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