Fifth body recovered after uMsinga flood
A fifth body has been recovered following last week's heavy rains in uMsinga.
Search and rescue teams made the discovery on Sunday night.
Officials say eight people were travelling in a vehicle on Thursday when it was washed off the Infenebude bridge.
"This brings the total to five in the amount of bodies that have been recovered following the tragic incident. Teams are continuing to search for one more body, and the MEC has also dispatched teams to continue to comfort and strengthen the families that have been affected,” says KZN Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs spokesperson Senzelwe Mzila.
The bodies of two women were recovered on Friday in the Inadi and Uthukela rivers.
On Saturday, search and rescue teams recovered two more bodies.
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