Death toll could rise following floods in the EC

Andiswa Mkosi
25 October 2012

The death toll from the recent floods in the Eastern Cape could rise as police are still searching for two men missing in Port Elizabeth and Kirkwood.

Nineteen-year-old John Smit was swept off a bridge in Kwanobuhle on Sunday.

The police’s Priscilla Naidu says the search is also continuing for a 32-year-old Kirkwood man who was swept away by the Wit River on Saturday.

Last week, emergency workers said eight people had died in the storms that hit the province.