Authorities say the death toll from severe floods that inundated parts of South Africa’s rural Eastern Cape province two weeks ago has risen to 101, with a 12-month-old baby the youngest fatality.

A man sits on the ground as a minister addresses flood victims outside a temporary shelter at a church following floodsin Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday, June 12, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe ...

Flood-damaged housing in Mthatha, South Africa, Friday, June 13, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe ...

Forensic workers retrieve bodies of a mother and three daughters from inside a one room house after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday, June 12, 2025.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 57, a government minister visiting the scene of the disaster said Thursday.

He said the largely rural Eastern Cape province in southeastern South Africa, which is home to around 7.2 million people, has only one rescue helicopter. It came to Mthatha from the city of ...

Forensic workers retrieve bodies of a mother and three daughters from inside a one room house after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday, June 12, 2025.

MTHATHA, South Africa (AP) — Receding floodwaters that submerged homes days before left the residents of Mthatha, South Africa, helpless. They watched the bodies of their families and neighbors ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's leader visited the region where devastating floods have left at least 78 people dead in the country's southeast as searches continued Friday for a ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- South Africa's leader visited the region where devastating floods have left at least 78 people dead in the country's southeast as searches continued Friday for a fourth ...