South African flood victims search for bodies of lost loved ones

The remains of a home which was destroyed leaving two children dead after flooding are seen in Lindelani, Durban, South Africa, April 15, 2022. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

LINDELANI, South Africa (Reuters) - Bonakele Mtshali was away at a funeral when flash floods on South Africa's east coast swept her iron-roof shack off the hillside in Lindelani township, taking two of her girls with it.

She had been searching with a growing sense of foreboding since Monday's disaster. Then her elder son, Zamani, 23, got a call on Thursday from some other townspeople who had discovered a body by the river. It was Baphiwe, her 17-year-old.