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.

Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane, center stands with a local government official stand in front of a damaged home after flooding in the area, in Mthatha, South Africa, Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

A police rescue officer searches for missing people of this week's floods in Mthatha, South Africa, Friday, June 13, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe ...

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 ...

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, on Thursday, June 12, 2025.

Rescue workers transport a person in a body bag during a rescue operation after floods swept through the area, in Mthatha, South Africa, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Hoseya Jubase) JOHANNESBURG ...

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.

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.

At least 49 people have died in flooding in South Africa with toll expected to rise, officials say A view of homes submerged in floodwater in Mthatha, South Africa, on Tuesday.

South Africa's president visits flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb A resident looks through the remnants after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday ...