Death toll from South Africa’s flood rises

The death toll from South Africa’s floods has climbed to 341.

Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Sihle Zikalala, said the level of devastation of human life, infrastructure, and service delivery network in the province was unprecedented.

Zikalala added that a total number of 40,723 people have been affected.

On thursday helicopters fanned out across the southeastern city of Durban in an increasingly desperate search for survivors