SA floods claim 395 lives, several thousands affected
ROGAN WARD A devastating flood in South Africa's eastern coastal province earlier this week has left at least 395 people dead, the government said, as rescuers continued to hunt for missing people amid forecasts of yet more rains from Friday. "A total number of 40,723 people have been affected and sadly 341 (revised to 395 on Friday) fatalities have been reported," Sihle Zikalala, premier of the affected KwaZulu-Natal province, said in an online press conference. "We can confirm that the magnitude of the damage, which is still being quantified, will definitely run into billions of rand," he said, calling the…