Eight people have died in the EC

Andiswa Mkosi
22 October 2012

At least eight people have died in storms and flooding that continued to cause havoc in the Eastern Cape.

More than a thousand people in Port Elizabeth alone had to be evacuated from their homes and given shelter in community centres.

Part of the N-2 between Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown has had to be closed to traffic as a gaping hole was carved out of the highway near the Pumba Game Reserve.

The Sand River bridge between Cape St Francis and St Francis Bay was washed away.