SA's KwaZulu-Natal on high alert over flood warning

South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province is on high alert after a warning from the weather services that suggests "large parts of KZN can expect disruptive rainfall, which brings the probability of widespread flooding on Thursday and Friday", according to the local government Facebook page.

Last year the province was hit by devastating floods which affected around 40,000 people and left at least 400 people dead.

Authorities have since issued flood safety advice, including telling people to avoid crossing low-lying bridges and to take care when driving.

The weather services issued a level-nine warning for KwaZulu-Natal, which means that there could be a threat to life and displacement of people.

Read more about floods in KwaZulu-Natal here.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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