The rains carved chunks out of hills and roads in the region, with cars, tin roofs and other rubble swept into the deep muddy trenches left behind
In other places, people buried their dead on muddy hillsides churned up by the storm, marking their resting place with simple wooden crosses.
Vanetia Phakula, a senior forecaster at the South African Weather Service, said the storm was not currently seen as unusual, though the level of rainfall might have been higher than normal. Over 100 millimeters of rain was recorded as falling at numerous stations within the area between Monday morning and Tuesday, she said.Phakula said the high death toll could instead be explained by the flooding and mudslides occurring in more highly populated areas.While more rain was expected on Thursday it was not expected to be heavy, and the service was forecasting dry weather in most areas by Friday, she added.
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