00:00Severe flooding forces the evacuation of around 600 tourists and staff at South Africa's iconic Karuga National Park.
00:09Torrential rains submerged roads and camps across the 22,000 square kilometer reserve,
00:15prompting authorities to shut the park's gates.
00:17With waters now receding, officials are assessing the extensive damage.
00:21We flew over the Lataba rest camp. It is clear, obviously the flooding has subsided now.
00:28But now you can see the damage. And the damage is substantial.
00:34The high water bridge at Lataba on the southern side of that bridge, it washed away completely.
00:42So that is a huge task to rebuild that, but that is, we will have to get an engineer report.
00:50Southern Africa has been battered by a surge of extreme weather in recent years.
00:56Powerful cyclones have torn through the region, killing thousands across multiple countries,
01:01while relentless drought has scorched farmland.
01:05The impacts have fueled food crises in areas already vulnerable to chronic shortages,
01:11deepening humanitarian concerns.
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