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KZN counts the cost of flood damage, as 31 people die of natural disasters in just one month

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Rescuers searched for a man who went missing after a family vehicle got washed away in the Msunduzi River near Henley Dam in Pietermaritzburg on New Year's Eve.
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Assessments are under way to establish the cost of infrastructure damage caused by flooding in KwaZulu-Natal over the past month.

The province experienced heavy rain and flash flooding.

KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs spokesperson Siboniso Mngadi said assessments had been hampered by severe weather, with teams only able to commence their work on Tuesday.

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