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Flooding continues in South Africa’s Durban area; 259 dead

In this photo provided by the South African Government Communications and Information Services (GCIS), South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, speaks to various grieving family members, as part his visit and assessing the damage following the heavy rainfall which resulted in roads collapsing, properties damaged and lives lost outside of Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Kopano Tlape/South African Government Communication and Information Services via AP) Shipping containers carried away and left in a jumbled pile by floods in Isipingo, south of Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Prolonged rains and flooding in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province have claimed dozens of lives, according to local officials. (AP Photo) Stranded people stand in front of a bridge that was swept away in Ntuzuma, outside Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Prolonged rains and flooding in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province have claimed dozens of lives, according to local officials. (AP Photo) Shipping containers carried away and left in a jumbled pile by floods in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Flooding in South Africa's Durban area has taken at least 259 lives and is a "catastrophe of enormous proportions," President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Str) A woman is seen through a damaged wall hanging her clothes on a makeshift washing line in Ntuzuma, outside of Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Flooding in South Africa's Durban area has taken at least 259 lives and is a "catastrophe of enormous proportions," President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Str)