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Pictures: Floods wipe off KZN & parts of EC

Numerous regions in Kwa-Zulu-Natal were hit by severe floods on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, 51 people were confirmed dead.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is visiting the storm-affected communities in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape after a working visit to Egypt where he attended an emergency African union Troika summit.

eNCA.com takes a look at the tragic and horrific scenes which transpired in and around the flood-ravaged KwaZulu-Natal province.

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A man tries to salvage some of his furniture at an informal settlement of BottleBrush, south of Durban, after torrential rains and flash floods destroyed his home on April 23, 2019. – The death toll from floods and mudslides that crushed homes in the South African port of Durban on April 23 has risen to 33, with reports of children missing and scores of people displaced, authorities said. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)

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This picture taken on April 23, 2019 shows the Umhlatuzana Hindu Temple, south of Durban, damaged after the township was hit by heavy rain and flash floods following torrential downpour on April 23, 2019. – The death toll from floods and mudslides that crushed homes in the South African port of Durban on April 23 has risen to 33, with reports of children missing and scores of people displaced, authorities said. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
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Hundreds of people have been evacuated from Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape.
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Police officers try to rescue people trapped in their homes destroyed in a mudslide following torrential downpours and flash floods, near Westcliff Secondary School in Chatsworth, south of Durban on April 23, 2019. – The death toll from floods and mudslides that crushed homes in the South African port of Durban on April 23 has risen to 33, with reports of children missing and scores of people displaced, authorities said. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
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An image of a collapsed house in Durban after floods hit the area.
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People abandon their homes after they were destroyed by torrential rains and flash floods
at an informal settlement of BottleBrush, south of Durban, on April 23, 2019. – The death toll from floods and mudslides that crushed homes in the South African port of Durban on April 23 has risen to 33, with reports of children missing and scores of people displaced, authorities said. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
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At least four people have been confirmed dead in a house collapse in Malvern, Durban.
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This picture taken on April 23, 2019 shows houses destroyed by torrential rains and flash floods at an informal settlement of BottleBrush, south of Durban. – The death toll from floods and mudslides that crushed homes in the South African port of Durban on April 23 has risen to 33, with reports of children missing and scores of people displaced, authorities said. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)

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