According to Xinhua News Agency, due to the heavy rainfall in the past few days, floods have occurred in the Kwazulu-Natal province of South Africa, and as of the 12th, the floods have killed 20 people.
The heaviest rainfall in more than 60 years and the resulting flooding washed away an unknown number of containers at the South African port of Durban, and the city's main roads were closed.
There were several posts on Twitter claiming that people were robbing and stealing anything they could find in destroyed boxes and storage facilities.
Since 11 April, Transnet, South Africa's largest logistics and freight operator operating the Port of Durban, has suspended operations at its terminals. Transnet said in a statement that "due to damage caused by bad weather, shipping has been suspended until further notice and the berthing vessel is on standby." ”
Transnet added that its richards Bay port and railway lines in parts of KwaZulu-Natal are operating at "limited capacity" due to flooding.
"Transnet Freight Railroad's engineering team will assess the extent of the damage before fully resuming operations," the company said.
The United States Weather Service (SAWS) has raised the weather warning to a level of 9. "We are upgrading the KZN weather warning, which means that the probability of a serious impact is medium. Except for the southern coast, rainfall has been cleared in most parts of the province. The orange level 9 weather warning is valid for the district cities of Ugu and eThekwini [Tuesday (April 12) afternoon]," SAWS said.
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