According to police, more than 20 people have drowned in rivers and dams across South Africa’s northern Limpopo province in less than two months due to prolonged rains.
The police said they were responding to “numerous calls” of drowning cases across the province’s five districts.
“From the beginning of October 2022 to date, the police have recorded 20 incidents of inquests resulting from drownings, with the number of victims counting more than the incidents,” the South African Police Service said in a statement.
The provincial police commissioner urged residents to be cautious of rivers and dams, mentioning that continued rains could raise dam levels and flood rivers.
Following extremely heavy rainfall earlier in the year, South Africa suffered one of its worst floods and landslides in the KwaZulu-Natal province.
Source: BBC
