More rain expected across South Africa’s east coast as flooding death toll rises to 395

A woman stands at her front door after heavy rains caused flood damage in Durban, South Africa, on Tuesday, April 12.

Destruction is seen at Umdloti Beach near Durban on Thursday, April 14.

Residents collect clean water from a broken pipe on the side of a road in Amaoti on April 14.

People drag a carpet into the sun to dry after their home was flooded in Isipingo Beach on April 14.

Volunteers work to clean up debris at the Blue Lagoon beach in Durban on April 14.

The Sapref sports center in Isipingo Beach is partially submerged in floodwater.

People wash their clothes as others work to rebuild a damaged home in Durban on April 14.

This serious site withstood damage after a cemetery flooded in Ntuzuma on Wednesday, April 13.

Residents stand in front of their damaged homes in the Bhambayi township on April 13.

A rainbow crosses the sky in Inanda on April 13.

Displaced people from the Phoenix township take part in an afternoon prayer on April 13. They took refuge at the Sastri Park Hall after the flooding.

Debris surrounds homes in the Bhambayi township on April 13.

People grieved at a church in Clermont after four children died following heavy rains and floods. Mmeli Sokhela, center, lost four children when the church collapsed onto her home.

A man in Clermont salvages the remains of what used to be part of the United Methodist Church of South Africa.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, center, visits Clermont on April 13. He spoke to various people grieving at the United Methodist Church of South Africa.

People work outside the damaged church in Clermont.

Sokhela reacts during Ramaphosa’s visit on April 13.

Children sit on part of the damaged church during Ramaphosa’s visit.

A road is destroyed near Durban on April 13.

A worker cleans up a tanker that washed up on a Durban beach on Tuesday, April 12.

A road in Pinetown was washed away by floodwaters on April 12.

A municipal worker uses a chainsaw to cut branches off a tree that fell onto a car in Pinetown on April 12.

Waves hit a damaged fuel tanker at the Blue Lagoon beach in Durban on April 12.

Members of the Ethekwini Metro Fire Department searched for a person believed to be trapped after a mudslide caused a house to collapse in Durban on April 12.

Shipping containers are washed away in Durban on April 12.

People walk across a makeshift bridge after a bridge was swept away in Ntuzuma on April 12.

Jomba Phiri walks over to where his house once stood in Durban.

People begin cleaning up damage in Durban on April 12.

A volunteer hands two loaves of bread to a man in Durban on April 12.

Part of the N2 highway is flooded in Durban on April 12.

A rescue worker walks with a man who was helped from a flooded workplace near Umlazi on April 12.

A river runs around a damaged bridge on April 12 after heavy rains destroyed it near Durban.

People search for salvageable items on the beach in Durban on April 12.