Floods leave EC residents reeling

“People are not happy. What makes it disturbing is the response from government, (the) time (taken) to respond. Some other people who died could have survived if the response was swift,” he said. The Women with Vision organisation said the situation was dire.

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“Help is coming in drips and drabs. People are not yet placed, just placed in community halls. We went to two sites, one community hall had no lights, no running water, people don't have blankets. When we left half eight, they were arranging for mattresses. That one hall had 110 people now, they were given 15 mattresses, 15 blankets, the situation is very dire. We cooked food for 200 people, between the two sites the food was finished.

“Along the dam, houses washed away. Some mothers refused to leave because the children's bodies were still in that water, it was dark, cold, wet so the search had stopped on Tuesday night.