Eastern Cape floods: Death toll rises to 10

A total of 10 people have been reported to have drowned or died in the recent floods in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro in the Eastern Cape, police said. According to Eastern Cape police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu on June 1, severe storms and heavy rains battered and caused extreme damages in many areas of the metro in particular Kwanobuhle, Kariega, Walmer, Blue Horizon Bay and Kamesh.“In Kwanobuhle the four deceased persons were found.“Kamesh, Kabega Park, Chatty and Walmer reported one each with Kariega reporting two deaths. “Today (June 9) the body of the tenth victim, a…