Overview
- About 50 houses have been confirmed destroyed across the Amajuba and Umzinyathi districts after late‑afternoon storms with heavy rain, hail and strong winds.
- Local assessments report 20 homes destroyed in eMadlangeni’s wards 2, 3 and 5, three people injured, and in Newcastle about 115 households affected with 30 houses destroyed.
- Health infrastructure was hit in Amajuba, with damage at the Madadeni EMS base and the roof torn off Niemeyer Memorial Hospital’s OPD and casualty areas, causing flooding.
- The Provincial Disaster Management Centre is coordinating food parcels, blankets and temporary shelter, with teams conducting mop‑up operations and moving displaced residents to Osizweni Community Hall.
- In a separate Mpumalanga incident during SANDF’s Operation Corona, two soldiers were swept away in floodwaters, one body was recovered and a search continues for the second with SAPS divers and an Oryx helicopter.