2019 Durban Easter Floods

	2019 Durban Easter Floods During the 2019 Easter weekend, the coastal city of Durban, South Africa, experienced severe flooding, caused by torrential rain brought on by a steep upper air trough, which deepened into low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere, and impacted the city and its surrounding areas starting 18 April 2019. The floods resulted in at least 70 deaths caused by collapsed buildings, mudslides and sinkholes. It was one of the deadliest disasters to hit the country in the 2010s. Cause Weather forecasters stated that the flooding was caused due to a cutoff low pressure system, which is often known to cause severe storms. The South African weather service later revealed that 165mm of rain fell over the city on 22 April 2019, breaking the previous record of 108mm that fell on October 10, 2017. It was also the heaviest rainfall the city has experienced in a 24-hour period since October 30, 1985. Impacted areas Flooding, landslides, collapsed buildings and rivers bursting their bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from 25 October 2017. Retrieved 2021-03-05.The names and the naming of Durban Website ''natalia.org.za'' (pdf). Retrieved 2021-03-05. is the third most populous city in South Africa after Johannesburg and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pennington, South Africa Pennington is a small coastal town on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Apart from a large sugarcane and dairy farming industry, it also hosts scores of holiday makers who flock to the seaside during the December holidays. It is named after an English family named Pennington, who began farming here in the late 19th century. Sir Frank Reynolds, the sugar magnate, bought part of the farm and developed a country home which he called Umdoni Park after the mdoni (water myrtle) trees in the area. Sir Frank built a seaside residence for South African prime ministers as a sign of his admiration for the first premier of the Union, General Louis Botha. King George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of Ind ... of Britain was offered use of this home when his health was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2019 In South Africa Events in the year 2019 in South Africa. Incumbents * President of South Africa, President: Cyril Ramaphosa (African National Congress, ANC) * Deputy President of South Africa, Deputy President: David Mabuza (ANC) * Chief Justice of South Africa, Chief Justice: Mogoeng Mogoeng * Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa, Deputy Chief Justice: Raymond Zondo * President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, Supreme Court of Appeal: Mandisa Maya * Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal: Jeremiah Shongwe (Acting) * Chairperson of the Electoral Court of South Africa: Khayelihle Mthiyane, Khayelihle Kenneth Mthiyane * Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, Speaker of the National Assembly: Baleka Mbete (ANC) Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly: Lechesa Tsenoli (ANC) Leader of the Opposition (South Africa), Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly: Mmusi Maimane (Democratic Alliance (South Africa), DA) Leader of Government Business: David Mabuza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	History Of Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from 25 October 2017. Retrieved 2021-03-05.The names and the naming of Durban Website ''natalia.org.za'' (pdf). Retrieved 2021-03-05. is the third most populous city in South Africa after Johannesburg and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]