shejoins us from she joins us from durban. shejoins us from durban. thank she joins us from durban. you have been personally affected, how has the flood affected you? i have been personally affected, how has the flood affected you?- has the flood affected you? i think livin: in has the flood affected you? i think living in durban, _ has the flood affected you? i think living in durban, having _ has the flood affected you? i think living in durban, having been - has the flood affected you? i think living in durban, having been part| living in durban, having been part of the community has affected all of us. personally, we have had water cuts, electricity cuts, there is debris on the roads and it is not safe to travel in many areas. he was scared, you are scared for your children and yourfamily scared, you are scared for your children and your family because of the number of deaths and infrastructure that is coming under the weight of the rain. every single person here has been personally affected or know of people who have been affected. d0 affected or know of people who have been af

people of durban.more bad news for the people of durban.— as well so it is more bad news for the people of durban. the last thing --eole the people of durban. the last thing peeple there — the people of durban. the last thing people there need. _ the people of durban. the last thing people there need. thank— the people of durban. the last thing people there need. thank you - the people of durban. the last thing people there need. thank you for i people there need. thank you for that update from durban. the terrible flooding that has affected people for the last five days following the storm earlier in the week. russians have began exhuming bodies buried in residential areas in mariupol, according to those who accuse them of trying to cover work crimes. local officials say russian forces are now operating 30 mobile crematoriums to prevent disposal of bodies. 0n crematoriums to prevent disposal of bodies. on wednesday, the organisation for security and co—operation produced a report into russian violatio

this is the settlement and reservoir hillsjust by durban.— hills 'ust by durban.the recovery _ hillsjust by durban. behind me is the recovery operation _ hillsjust by durban. behind me is the recovery operation by - hillsjust by durban. behind me is the recovery operation by rescuel the recovery operation by rescue team from outside of the province. i am told by the community that two people are missing. a youngster around eight years old and someone over the age of 30. so the rescue team has also got a dog that has been sniffing. i am told the dog has been sniffing. i am told the dog has been able to identify that there are remains down there. it is quite a sombre moment, a sombre situation right now. we have members of the community who are looking on and it is quite sad to witness. just looking around here, all of the cars and the debris which has been strewn all over here, it is just an indication of how violent the waters must have been when they were coming through all along this community. it has been utterly, utterly devastating. just looking at the houses

i will correspond in there with the latest from durban. —— our correspondence.ry exercises around taiwan. an army spokesman said they were directed at what he called the "wrong signal" being sent about the island by the united states. the exercises coincide with a bipartisan visit by six us lawmakers to taipei. the biden administration has repeatedly talked of its "rock—solid" commitment to taiwan. but china regards the self—governing island as an integral part of its territory and a foreign ministry spokesman has condemned the us support for taiwan. this democrat senator bob menendez is among those visiting taipei — he spoke about the international importance of taiwan. we are here to support taiwan, our relationship is rock—solid, and when a country like taiwan has 90% of the high end semiconductor industry, it is a country of global significance, of global economic consequence, and those who wish taiwan ill must understand that the global community will look at that and say we cannot allow taiwan to be negatively impacted because the world's interests are inv

it seems the people of durban are getting little reprieve.xperiencing thunder showers accompanied by hail and heavy winds and it seems it is starting now. i'm on the outskirts of a township which we could not enter because it is blockaded by shipping containers and the bridge that leads up to the township is actually blocked. right now i'm part of a convoy which is going to be with the minister of police and the minister of transport, we are going to be going into these communities affected by the floods to try and assist, assess the floods to try and assist, assess the damage but unfortunately for many people here who have lost their homes and livelihoods, they are going to be experiencing more bad weather during the course of this weekend. it's quite unfortunate because it's going to impact where they are going to be staying and also the massive mop up operations that had begun after the flags had ravaged parts of durban and kwazulu—natal. let's speak to namritha sivsanker, head of the non—governmental organisation, hope sa. they help under

— weather forecast shelving for the durban area? ~ . , durban area?thority say that the ground is still saturated in so even a little bit of rain could threaten the situation once again. so at this moment, the water is receding in some places but there is an expectation that over the weekend, there will be more rain so there is a fear that the floods and the mudslides will start again then. qm. mudslides will start again then. 0k, thank ou mudslides will start again then. 0k, thank you very _ mudslides will start again then. ok, thank you very much indeed. back to new york and that press conference which is due to begin shortly after the attack on the city subway system on tuesday. us media has reported that a suspect has been arrested and authorities have allegedly arrested the gun man who set off smoke bombs and shot ten passengers in that pact pumped subway train car in brooklyn. the arrest is being reported around 2a hours or more than 2a hours after the attack, which triggered a huge manhunt in the city. police had named 62—year—old frankjames as

could you tell us more about the situation in durban? well, it is quite shocking. i'm at one of the times where we had a landslide right behind me, but you can see there was the house here, right behind me that was just swept away the where 4 people insights grandmother with 3 grandchildren, one of the grandchildren, the wife of the. yeah, the pop, the way, the youngest one was just 3 years old and as you drive through job and you find many of these much like science where these things were happening, where people were killed, where people died and the rebel and how we still don't know the total, it ends up, the catastrophe that we're seeing here because they're working, build going on, people are still missing. so they still need to do in the next day to really see how many people pass away during the day and have prepared was durban for such a massive rainstorm group. that's not been, there's already a lot of talked and criticism against the government because the drainage systems obviously haven't been really invested in for a long time. the infrastructure has b

and there are searches still going on around durban for people who have been reported missing?ound, the more fear that that death toll figure isjust going to keep rising? yes, absolutely. the numbers are climbing towards 400s right now and i was speaking to residents of this very community and they were saying that a gentleman, whose house was nearby here as well is still missing and they don't know where he is. another woman was telling me that a couple of bodies were found earlier today down this particular river, so these stories are coming out and it is just an indication of the loss of life that took place over here in durban, and quite worryingly, the weather is not improving. the south african weather service has announced that there is going to be a significant amount of rain overnight and from tomorrow as well, so it is more bad news for the people of durban. it certainly is. there was a correspondent talking to me a little bit earlier. china is beginning military exercises around taiwan. an army spokesman said they were directed at what he called the "wrong signal" be

as you drive through durban, you come across many of those lance lights like this one here was you can see in the middle of it there was a house that was flashed away with the lance light. there was a family staying in their grandmother with her 3 grand children. one of the children managed to get out all the others passed away. the youngest child was just 3 years old. neighbor loom deal in the, in a still trying to get to terms with what happened. she was inside when the soil started moving and the family home collapsed, killing her 10 year old cousin and terrible . i felt like my house was that dozen pieces she has it badly. joyful, always happy. last is the one around the corner authorities set up a shelter in a school. thousands became homeless overnight during a visit president sewell rama was our promised help. knowing that the limited resources of the state won't reach everyone and knowing that this will not be the last disaster. they have been similar flats in the area in the past. yes. this is obviously is part of climate change. it is telling us that the climate change is syr

our members, members of the salvation army, in the area of durban and some other areas around durban,m hearing from our team members who have been in a place called clermont, it's one of the townships, they went to a shelter there just to give out soup, bread, and the situation is very bad. you see children crying, really, out of hunger because this has just disturbed them. their homes have been washed away by these storms so the situation is bad, i can say to you. but we, as the salvation army, our members, they are out there, we are trying what we can do with the help from the public, just to give them your clothing, your blankets, and food, and food parcels as well to the families there. and more help is needed, i can say to you. the government has just opened some shelters where people are but definitely we see some people are still out there with no food. we still have a problem. we have just passed covid—i9 which frustrated everything, as you know, so some people there... unemployment is still high in this country. due to covid—i9, people have lost their work, you know. they are

protests in durban of gillette -- after devastating floods killed over three hundred people.utting off water and electricity. police suspect a man of opening fire on commuters in new york subway train. ♪ welcome to the program. three palestinians have been killed by israeli forces in raids on the occupied west bank. they detained several people over the past five days after a palestinian man killed three israelis last week. a 14-year-old palestinian is among the dead. he was shot and killed west of jerusalem where classes have continued -- were clashes have continued to a palestinian and his 20's was killed. a man was shot and killed in the city of apple was. more from ramallah. >> according to local sources, there were minor confrontations happening at the entrance of the town where this 14-year-old is from. according to the israeli media, they say he was hurling molotov cocktails at the israeli army but according to palestinians, they will tell you it is not unusual for them to see the israeli army and forces in their homes and entrances of their cities. specifically that t

dw correspondent adria increased air reporting from durban in south africa. well, here's a round up of some other world news headlines. palestinian official say. israeli forces have shot and killed a man during a military operation in the west bank. israel has stepped up rage and arrests across the west bank in recent days. it follows a spade of killings in israel by palestinians. in the past weeks, at least 16 people were killed and others injured in a truck accident in the west. poplar province of indonesia, the truck had been descending from a remote mountain village. it was carrying miners from an illegal gold mine and their families. several tornadoes have swept across the central united states, a chain of tongue. thunderstorms brought hail and strong winds to parts of iowa and texas. dozens of people were injured and several structures damaged in one tornado . strike, shanghai streets remain mostly empty as police worn, they'll punish anyone violating the city strict corona virus lockdown. more than 25000000 residents have been ordered to stay at home a

we report from durban on the devastation. as the water rose, some people left the area seeking safety on high ground, now the victims, and trying to salvage whatever they can ah, all about us and this is on the 0 life. and doha also coming up easy to palestinian woman that mourns her brother, has been killed by israeli forces during raves, and occupied west by more pictures of bodies from mass graves. ukraine's leader says, u. s. president joe biden, his right to coal rushes invasion genocide, plus protecting our pressure. ah, well, the decimal has risen dramatically after what officials are calling one of the war storms in south africa is history. and the pasta are, it's gone up from $59.00 to at least $250.00. so heavy rain has to, looking at now the water levels at its highest reach those roof tops. now you just see the bree and tree branches. many of the people unable to leave their homes and some of them trying to salvage what they are can, but that's very difficult because of the limited access people. days of heavy rai

durban has one of the largest ports in the continent of rica.g containers were washed away and the city has stopped shipping for now. today south africa's president visited a township in durban and talk to families. he had this to say. >> what is very difficult is we have lost the lives of many people and their houses are being washed out. the roads are also being washed out, as long as the -- as well as the buildings. houses are being damaged and we -- come here so we could see for ourselves. >> the death toll has been rising. it rose amatically overnight. it now stands at 259, according to the local government. they expect that number to rise. the search is still overwhelmed. dozens of people still need to be located. that number is knowing steady. we have spoken to some people in those communities whose homes were washed away. they lost everything overnight. they managed to get away with just the clothes on their back. they are housed at shelters. they are asking what is next. they don't want to return to some of those areas because they say

vumani mkhize, bbc news, durban.ile takeover bid from elon musk. it's using a defence known as a poison pill to make it difficult for the billionaire to increase his stake beyond 15%. on thursday he offered $15 billion cash for the company, which was rejected outright by some shareholders. our technology correspondent, james clayton has more. twitter had been pretty quiet about this offer up till now but this gives a pretty clear direction of travel on what twitter thought about that offer. they clearly don't want to be bought by elon musk — not at that price, anyway — and this is a way of defending themselves against a hostile offer. a poison pill is designed to essentially make yourself less palatable, more difficult to swallow for anyone who wants to buy you. and what it will do is it will mean that if elon musk wants to buy more than 15% of the company, twitter will flood the market with shares and make it very difficult for elon musk to buy more than 15%. now, there are ways around this — it's very clever, but i

vumani mkhize, bbc news, durban.ekers more than 4,000 miles to rwanda has been met with criticism and condemnation. the unhcr called it and unacceptable breach of international law. here's our chief political correspondent, adam fleming. but i think the government knew they would get this pushback — there's been quite a lot of criticism of this uk government plan to send some asylum—seekers to rwanda eventually. the criticism has come from the un refugee agency, from a former international development secretary, and from a former immigration minister. but i think the government knew they would get this pushback — i think they might even be relishing it, because they see it as an opportunity to make the case, and they are actually preparing for this to go to court and be challenged legally. we've also had an interesting insight into the policy formulation process — it turns out that officials in the home office weren't able to precisely quantify the potential benefits of this plan, so they weren't able to approve it.

people ran through this settlement north of durban.rough this settlement north of durban. people ran for their lives as the rising floodwaters engulfed everything in its path. the mangled remains of debris is what is left. sombre residents look on, as a rescue team searches for the missing. a recovery operation is under way here at the settlementjust north of durban. members of the rescue team are looking for two people, a youngster aged eight years old, and also one age 13. you can see the that there is cars, debris that has been strewn all over from the river. it is an indication of the severity and violence of the water cascading along here. the search and rescue team cannot get heavy machinery to the area, so they painstakingly use their hands. currently we have two community members missing in this area. we brought in canines because, as you can see, there is a very big debris pile, there's a lot of material to move, heavy logs, vehicles, household items, so we explore the whole area. community members are traumatised by the flood

let's talk to our correspondent pumza fihlani we are in the north of durban.unities from one another. it has made it difficult for people on that side of the road to get the help they need. we understand reinforcements have arrived from other properties to help with search and rescue efforts. bodies are trapped under mudslides and they are hoping once that is done, the bodies will be handed over to families. i done, the bodies will be handed over to families. ., done, the bodies will be handed over to families. . ., . done, the bodies will be handed over to families. . . . ., done, the bodies will be handed over to families. . ., . ., ., . to families. i am watching a woman behind you — to families. i am watching a woman behind you trying — to families. i am watching a woman behind you trying to _ to families. i am watching a woman behind you trying to descend - to families. i am watching a woman behind you trying to descend from | behind you trying to descend from the roadside. she has a shopping bag but it looks risky, and there is a warning of more rain on

the main one in and out of durban is blocked.ear from one of them. the storm was coming from that side. it destroyed my house. i've got nowhere to go now. i've got no house, i've got no nothing. the situation is very, very bad. i don't know where i'm going to go to sleep now. the rescue effort is still ongoing. mudslides have trapped people under buildings. there are reports that some are standing on rooftops, waiting to be rescued. and we've heard the rescue effort is being hampered by poor visibility. the mayor of durban says entire communities have been cut off. all our electricity stations, i major ones, are also flooded. our water treatment plants that we are using to - save these communities. for authorities, there's a huge clean up operation ahead. and there are more issues, like trade. durban has one of the largest ports in the continent of africa. shipping containers from the dockyards were washed away. the city has stopped shipping for now. today, south africa's president, cyril ramaphosa, visited a township in durban,

virmani mkhize, bbc news, durban. you are watching bbc news. canterbury has strongly criticised the government's plan to send some people to rwanda who've arrived illegally in britain. in his easter sermon, justin welby said the policy did not stand the "judgment of god". the home office said the the uk has a proud history of supporting those in need and change was needed to prevent people smugglers putting lives at risk. 0ur religion editor, aleem maqbool, has the latest. happy easter to all of you, lovely to see you. in his most important sermon of the year, the archbishop of canterbury dealt very directly with the issues of the day, drawing attention to the pressures felt by many here struggling with the cost of living and calling on russia to commit to a ceasefire and withdrawal from ukraine. but he also talked of serious ethical questions about the government plan to send asylum seekers overseas. it cannot carry the weight of our national responsibility, as a country formed by christian values. because subcontracting out our responsibiliti

our members in the area of durban and other areas around durban, they are out there and lightjust now in the place called clermont, one of the townships, they went to a shelter there just to give out soup, bread, and the situation is very bad. you see children crying out of hunger because this has just disturbed them, their homes have been washed away by the storms so the situation is bad, i can say to you. but we, as the salvation army, our members are out there, we are trying what we can do with the public, just to give them clothing, blankets, and food, and food parcels as well to the families there. find as well to the families there. and how generous _ as well to the families there. and how generous are _ as well to the families there. and how generous are people being? as well to the families there. and . how generous are people being? the ublic how generous are people being? tie: public is responding how generous are people being? ti2 public is responding positively, i must say to you. since today, i have been receiving calls and people, they are really responding, but they need

vumani mkhize, bbc news, durban.mber of celebrities have reclaimed their birth names after years of anglicising them. it's an issue many people from ethnic minority backgrounds are faced with when they're growing up or looking forjobs. 0ur reporter noor nanji has been to meet one woman who's taking back her name. ifelt like i had to fit in — like i needed to keep up with the joke and keep up with people, like, calling me by the wrong name. changing your name to fit in? i know a bit about that. 0ur reporter nina nanji... nina nanji. nina nanji, bbc news. that's actually not my name, though. my real name is noor, but at work i chose to go by nina because so many people were getting it wrong — and that got me wondering whether other people have done similar things. i'm off to meet chinemelum, who's been abbreviating her name for most of her life. so when i was in year three, ijoined a new school and they called me up to the front and they're like, "what's your name? " and i said, "chinemelum," and i was really standing

the destruction is visible in many parts of durban. thousands lost their houses and help hasn't reached every one. like corn, our house is on this friday. some of us don't have jobs and no money, so we don't even know where we would like to not be okay. we have lost food, grocery, everything, even our clothes and property looks like we don't know what we're going to do. so many people have the idea of being pleading for assistance that we don't want the promise of us morgan lewis dinning accord. hey, it's a very, very, very better because i had no place to sleep. i'm sleeping, i'm standing like this, but i can sleep. so i can't do nothing. my my twitchy bed. my dad chewed are now when mad a nip us because we have no place to sleep. rescue operations by helicopters on the way as someplace us still not accessible by roads. the death toll is likely to continue rising. the 1st 2 days we are all going for the risk using rescues and just trying to make a difference in getting people out for the last 2 days. and i think the couple of days to come in it's just party recoveries. so we all, we've

from durban, shingai nyoka reports.f rain fell in a single day in some parts of kwazulu—natal. floods and mudslides destroyed key infrastructure. communities are in disbelief. some were lucky to escape with their lives, but the flood water took everything else. i've got nowhere to go now. i've got no house, i've got no nothing. these are my family's now, my neighbours. we try to give them a place to sleep last night. we never sleep last night. the situation is very, very bad. floods are fairly common here, but rescuers say these are some of the worst they've ever witnessed. they have already retrieved the bodies of three people from a single family, and there is a desperate search for a fourth — a 10—year—old child. more than 300 people have died and it is expected that number will rise. rescue teams are overwhelmed and still trying to locate those who are missing. everything was a mess. we don't have food, clothes, even my id was damaged. we survived. but unfortunately, my child... ..did not survive. wailing. today, so

so away from the war a more than 250 people have died in floods close to the south african city of durban . days of record rainfall have left thousands of homes and critical infrastructure destroyed the ministry of help to evacuate residents from the worst affected areas . a south african president, phil ram opposed vinci durbin. on wednesday, the w correspondent utter increases in devon and told me more betsel and to meet particular is said, how many children were affected when pending right now you can see beyond me where the lamp light it's happening. this was the room of 10 year old. that collapse on her, she passed away. family just told me about it, obviously devastating and just next to it to the camera and just shown it is another place that collapse the neighbors plays with grandmother states was 3 children, only one of the kids, the wives, all these the others died. the youngest one was just 3 years old, and as you drive through durban today, you can see this devastation and these kind of life all over the place on a different area. so it is likely that the death toll will conti

the bbc�*s vumani mkize sent this report from durban. the beach are an indication of the severity of the floodwaters that ravaged the city. waste pickers salvaged what they can to recycle and sell, while residents also removed the washed up debris. volunteers and waste pickers have begun what is a monumental clean—up operation here at the durban beachfront. as you can see behind me, the scale of the debris that was washed away by the raging waters is immense. unfortunately, for the kwazulu—natal province, more bad weather is expected over the easter weekend, which is going to hamper the clean—up operations. while the torrential rains and mudslides could not be avoided, residents say infrastructure degradation in the city contributed to the severity of the floods. we watched street cleaners sweeping rubbish into the drains because i think they have just never been trained properly. there is no understanding of consequence of your actions. i watched all the time and it's such a pet peeve because definitely things could have been less catas

these images are from the city of durban, one of the hardest hit areas. officials are scrambling to repair infrastructure. forecasters warn more rain and damaging winds are expected in the region through saturday evening. for more on this, let's bring in malcolm, a senior official with the metropolitan municipality which includes the city of durban. he joins us now from durban. thank you for being here with us. i've lived in south africa. i've never seen anything like this before. just put what is happening right now in context for us. >> thank you for inviting me to communicate with you on this important matter that has affected not only our metro but our province. for americans, it is a state in your geography. we've had four or five days of intensive rain. it was just over the municipality. we had lots of inundags. the ground, the water table was already fairly high. in addition, the water that came from the sky as such, caused lots of softness of the soil, and subsequently, many land slides. we've seen, this is the first time we've seen such bad devas

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virmani mkhize, bbc news, durban.eople of ukraine have been dealing with life in a warzone. many have been killed — others have left the country. everyone else tries to make the best of things. in the city of dnipro, a group of local musicians are hoping to lift spirits, as tim allman reports. orchestra plays james bond theme. the people of this city and this country have been both shaken and stirred, so what better to meet the mood than a little james bond? these musicians, some from a local academy, have grouped together to form a street orchestra, bringing a little hope in these troubled times. translation: the idea came up that we need to play for people, | especially nowadays, to bring some positivity to people at a difficult time. head north to the besieged city of kharkiv and the best place to be is underground. oleksandr and anton put on a puppet show for the children who have to shelter here. a distraction for a moment or two at least from the bombardment this city is having to endure. translation: for me, th

and as you drive through durban, today, you can see this devastation and these kind of life all over the place on a different area. so it is likely that the death toll will continue to increase the risk to works continue, and was the city prepared for this, this massive rainstorm? well, obviously not prepared enough. some city officials even said took us by the price. i was strong installment it's rainfall. where some critics already complaining that the drainage systems were not in place, that there was not a proper investment into the interest structure and the part, yes. so this might have accelerated biscuits, esther fee that to y'all ever keep on saying that a major issue was landslide, so they try to push away the responsibility. but when it's clear that this area has seen those events in the past, it is whether appearance has been happening in the past years. 2019, for example. also 60 people died when it's similar with the current came to this area as well. but it's all over southern africa that's especially this year, we're seeing an increase the number of these. then they t

on thursday. durban, $27.00 degrees showers for the western cape and the eastern cape. but unfortunately on friday it looks like we've got another wave of rain for flood stricken areas of course, zulu natal official airline of the gen the world is warming. and green lens ice sheet is melting, which is changing everything from sea levels to the way people live. and now even exposing the remnants of a cold war pulse greenland, the melting of the frozen north on al jazeera, ah, revealing eco friendly solutions to combat threats. to our planet on al jazeera, ah ah, and again, you're watching out a 0. remind of our top stories, sr and another to palestinians been shot dead by the israeli army in york. quite westbank is ready troops, card are raised on villages and a refugee camp in the early as thursday morning the flagship of rushes, black sea fleet, has been severely damaged by a blasting crane. so as it hit proportion, oscar, we cruise missiles, but moscow says a far on board caused ammunition to exclude russia says is now in full control of the ports in the ukrainian cit

virmani mkhize, bbc news, durban.in fear of getting caught up in the conflict, increasing numbers are returning — either to visit family or to go back to their homes. the latest figures from the polish border service show on thursday, 26 thousand people left ukraine, but 22 thousand went the other way. more than half a million have crossed from poland since the start of the invasion. danjohnson has been talking to some of those heading home. this is where millions have said goodbye. to their families, their country, and the life they knew. but some are now coming back, and being reunited. "my little boys," volodymyr says, after seven weeks apart. "no, dad, boris tells him. "we have grown up now." because children are already in polish schools, they have no education for a few days because of easter, and we decided to choose this chance to see our family. but it's a return not without trepidation. i'm really afraid. when i talk to the kids and say we are going to visit father, they were also shocked. but we promised th

she's in pretoria, coordinating a save the children team in durban.bc news. tell me the immediate needs right now, what needs to be done to help those affected by these floods? thank you very much- — affected by these floods? thank you very much- the _ affected by these floods? thank you very much. the immediate - affected by these floods? thank you very much. the immediate need, i very much. the immediate need, health needs because we have children and adults that have been displaced, injured. but also psychological problems because of the experience they have seen. as you can hear from the experience they have seen. as you can hearfrom the news, a lot of people have been missing and some have passed on. this means both children and adults are going to be placed in shelters. and in the shelters there is need for food, need for safe water to drink and health services. what we need is that children are safeguarded when they are placed in these shelters. if children do not have responsible adults to take care of them, they are exposed to being abused or

the bbc�*s vumani mkhize has sent this report from durban.ged the city. volu nteers volunteers and waste pickers have begun what is a monumental clean—up operation here at the durban beachfront. as you can see behind me, the scale of the debris washed behind me by the raging waters is immense. unfortunately for the kwazulu—natal province, more bad weather is expected over the easter weekend, which will hamper the clean—up operations. while the torrential rains and mudslides could not be avoided, residents say... janik there's no understanding of the consequences of your actions. it's such a the consequences of your actions. it's suc ., , , , , it's such a pet peeve because definitely _ it's such a pet peeve because definitely things _ it's such a pet peeve because definitely things could - it's such a pet peeve because definitely things could have l it's such a pet peeve because - definitely things could have been less catastrophic if we had better drainage, and if we took care of the dreams we did have.— drainage, and if we took care of the

the situation is quite dire in durban as you mention. from the public of despair as they are seeing a lot of destruction and lives lost. and people are struggling with the fact that there is no clean water, food or shelter accessible to them. why is this happening? this food or shelter accessible to them. why is this happening?— why is this happening? this is siml as why is this happening? this is simply as a — why is this happening? this is simply as a result _ why is this happening? this is simply as a result of - why is this happening? this is simply as a result of climate l simply as a result of climate change. we've been having the information available to us for over 30 years, that has been indicating that as a region we are particularly vulnerable to increased precipitation especially on the eastern coast of our country in durban. where we see those scenes playing out right now. we have had the information, we have had the science. it is worth noting that the ip pc report released last year indicated that this region would be expe

the bbc�*s vumani mkhize has more from durban.an and this particular river was raging when the floods have besieged this area. it actually washed away large parts of the road, many houses further down the river were also washed away. now, such was the force of the water, it also eroded a large part of this road, exposing a water pipe. now, the community here has run out of water, there is no flowing water so they are actually utilising this particular pipe which is providing waterfor them. now, the community has been collecting water here tuesday, i am told. as you can see, there is a large amount of people who have been collecting water throughout the day, and it is essentially, it has become a lifeline for the community here who have been able to collect a vital resource. but like the situation basically is an indication of the deprivation that many people are facing within this community and other areas of kwazulu—natal, who are facing quite a dire situation as a result of this flood. so, it is actually turning out to become a

virmani mkhize, bbc news, durban.ic were higher on weekends compared to weekdays, according to a new global study. researchers in the study at the university of toronto say reporting delays could have been a factor, but the difference was likely due to shortfalls in clinical staffing, capacity, and experience at weekends. i'm joined now by professor linda bauld, behavioural scientist at the university of edinburgh. thank you very much for talking to us again. what do you read as the significance of the study? it is us again. what do you read as the significance of the study?- significance of the study? it is an interesting _ significance of the study? it is an interesting study. _ significance of the study? it is an interesting study. it _ significance of the study? it is an interesting study. it is _ significance of the study? it is an interesting study. it is also - significance of the study? it is an interesting study. it is also a - interesting study. it is also a large study so the researchers from the university

here's our correspondent in durban, vumani nkhize with an update.ulu—natal, and this is bad news for rescuers and for beleaguered residents of this province and the city who have faced a tremendous amount of rain. the south african weather service has warned of strong winds, lots of rain and hail over this particular weekend, and that's definitely going to hamper the mop up operations that we've been seeing in the past couple of days. the death toll still stands at around 400, and around 13,000 houses were damaged or destroyed during this, this massive flood. so it's become a really a big economic and humanitarian disaster in this particular province. some of the roads leading up to many communities have been partially or completely destroyed. a lot of the bridges leading to townships as well have been destroyed, so aid agencies are finding it quite difficult to to to assist these people. around 40,000 people, according to the kwazulu—natal government, have been impacted by these floods, and they need shelter. they need food. during the course of th

the area around the city of durban unrecognizable amidst the rubble. >> that's the road that collapsed used to go across here, now it's collapsed >> just the devastation's incredible to see up close. unimaginable. >> reporter: local leader alicia grew up here. she brought us to this informal settlement ripped apart by floodwaters. cars crushed. roads broken and washed away. vital infrastructure uprooted and smashed. safe drinking water is in short supply. people left carrying back what they can in buckets overhead. >> it literally was minute by minute. one minute the street was there, the next minute it wasn't. one minute the road was there, the next minute it wasn't. >> reporter: after record-breaking downpours, the heaviest rains in more than 60 years pummeled the province on the eastern coast. all this underscoring the link between natural disasters and climate change and laying bare exactly who pays the highest price when tragedy strikes. >> climate change has its greatest impacts on the most vulnerable in society. climate change actually increases disparity. the rich can buy their