South Africa floods: Nearly 50 people have been killed following torrential rains

At least 49 people have been killed in the floods, including several children who were on a bus.
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"The numbers are just escalating hour after hour. The situation is so bad on the ground," provincial premier Oscar Mabuyane said.
Among the bodies recovered are those of four children, a driver and a conductor who were on a bus that was carried away in flood waters as it was crossing a bridge in the town of Mthatha on Tuesday morning.
Mabuyane said rescue efforts were continuing to find four more children who had been in the vehicle that has since been found on a riverbank with no-one inside.
Earlier, an official had told private TV station Newzroom Afrika that eight bodies, including that of the bus driver, had been found.
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