Heavy rains leave 5 dead, infrastructure damaged in eastern South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rains that recently fell in various parts of South Africa's eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal have left five people dead and caused extensive damage to infrastructure, local government officials said on Tuesday.

The province experienced heavy rains on Sunday and Monday, leading to the destruction of homes and infrastructure, said Nomusa Dube-Ncube, premier of KwaZulu-Natal Province.