Catastrophic floods kill dozens in South Africa as photos show receding waters revealing more bodies

A woman takes a photograph of her damaged house, after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Rescue workers transport a person in a body bag after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

A view of homes submerged in floodwater, in Mthatha, South Africa, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Hoseya Jubase)

Community members and families watch as rescue workers recover bodies after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Hoseya Jubase)

Forensic workers retrieve bodies of a mother and three daughters from inside a one room house after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Flood-damaged housing in Mthatha, South Africa, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

A woman is consoled by community members as bodies of her sister and three daughters were retrieved from inside a one room house, after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

A resident looks through the remnants after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Women wash their clothes along the river next a car that was swept through by floods in Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

A man with a child look at a home submerged in floodwater, in Mthatha, South Africa, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Hoseya Jubase)

Rescue workers transport a person in a body bag during a rescue operation after floods swept through the area, in Mthatha, South Africa, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Hoseya Jubase)

A view of homes submerged in floodwater, in Mthatha, South Africa, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Hoseya Jubase)

Chelsea's Cole Palmer (10) scores his team's second goal past Paris Saint-Germain's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (1) during the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Chelsea pleayers celebrate with the championship trophy after the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Cadets from the elite engineers school Polytechnique march on the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade, Monday, July 14, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

A new born chick looks out of the feathers of its mother at a farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A young girl runs past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A young girl runs past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Syrian Civil Defense teams and volunteers battle wildfire flames for the tenth consecutive day near the town of Kasab, in Syria's Latakia countryside, early Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Boniface Kariuki, a vendor who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month's protests, is laid to rest at his parents' farm in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Palestinians mourn a child killed in an Israeli military airstrike on Gaza, at the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Visitors walk past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales sits next to tennis legend Billie Jean King in the Royal Box on Centre Court ahead of the women's singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Italy's Jannik Sinner reacts after winning a point against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the men's singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Chelsea's Reece James, left, and Malo Gusto celebrate after defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup final soccer match in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

State Department employees applaud as their colleagues walk outside of the State Department headquarters in the Harry S Truman Building, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Newark, N.J., en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Children run in a fountain in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Starlings pick corn from a corn field in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Fireworks and drones illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris, during Bastille Day celebrations late Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Dark clouds hover over the White House as a front of rain moves through, Monday, July 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hossam Azzam holds the body of his child, Amir, who was killed in an Israeli military airstrike on Gaza, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Chelsea's Cole Palmer (10) scores his team's second goal past Paris Saint-Germain's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (1) during the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Chelsea pleayers celebrate with the championship trophy after the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Cadets from the elite engineers school Polytechnique march on the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade, Monday, July 14, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

A new born chick looks out of the feathers of its mother at a farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A young girl runs past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A young girl runs past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Syrian Civil Defense teams and volunteers battle wildfire flames for the tenth consecutive day near the town of Kasab, in Syria's Latakia countryside, early Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Boniface Kariuki, a vendor who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month's protests, is laid to rest at his parents' farm in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Palestinians mourn a child killed in an Israeli military airstrike on Gaza, at the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Visitors walk past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales sits next to tennis legend Billie Jean King in the Royal Box on Centre Court ahead of the women's singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Italy's Jannik Sinner reacts after winning a point against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the men's singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Chelsea's Reece James, left, and Malo Gusto celebrate after defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup final soccer match in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

State Department employees applaud as their colleagues walk outside of the State Department headquarters in the Harry S Truman Building, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Newark, N.J., en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Children run in a fountain in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Japan's women water polo team stand during national anthem before the match against Greece at the women's water polo preliminary round at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Jon Rahm of Spain plays out of a bunker on the 7th green during a practice round for the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Coastal police tow a dead whale off the shore of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Attorney General Pam Bondi leaves following a news conference at the Drug Enforcement Administration, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Starlings pick corn from a corn field in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Fireworks and drones illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris, during Bastille Day celebrations late Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Dark clouds hover over the White House as a front of rain moves through, Monday, July 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hossam Azzam holds the body of his child, Amir, who was killed in an Israeli military airstrike on Gaza, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Chelsea's Cole Palmer (10) scores his team's second goal past Paris Saint-Germain's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (1) during the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Chelsea pleayers celebrate with the championship trophy after the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Cadets from the elite engineers school Polytechnique march on the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade, Monday, July 14, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

A new born chick looks out of the feathers of its mother at a farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A young girl runs past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A young girl runs past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Syrian Civil Defense teams and volunteers battle wildfire flames for the tenth consecutive day near the town of Kasab, in Syria's Latakia countryside, early Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Boniface Kariuki, a vendor who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month's protests, is laid to rest at his parents' farm in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Palestinians mourn a child killed in an Israeli military airstrike on Gaza, at the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Visitors walk past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales sits next to tennis legend Billie Jean King in the Royal Box on Centre Court ahead of the women's singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Italy's Jannik Sinner reacts after winning a point against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the men's singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Chelsea's Reece James, left, and Malo Gusto celebrate after defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup final soccer match in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

State Department employees applaud as their colleagues walk outside of the State Department headquarters in the Harry S Truman Building, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Newark, N.J., en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Children run in a fountain in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A mine detection rat with the humanitarian demining organization APOPO works in a landmine field in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)

Vendors wait for customers next to the trunk of their American classic car stuffed with homemade crisps and bread, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Luis Baños)

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, and Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, cross the finish line hand-in-hand of the the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Japan's women water polo team stand during national anthem before the match against Greece at the women's water polo preliminary round at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Jon Rahm of Spain plays out of a bunker on the 7th green during a practice round for the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Coastal police tow a dead whale off the shore of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Attorney General Pam Bondi leaves following a news conference at the Drug Enforcement Administration, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Starlings pick corn from a corn field in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Fireworks and drones illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris, during Bastille Day celebrations late Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Dark clouds hover over the White House as a front of rain moves through, Monday, July 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hossam Azzam holds the body of his child, Amir, who was killed in an Israeli military airstrike on Gaza, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Chelsea's Cole Palmer (10) scores his team's second goal past Paris Saint-Germain's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (1) during the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Chelsea pleayers celebrate with the championship trophy after the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Cadets from the elite engineers school Polytechnique march on the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade, Monday, July 14, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

A new born chick looks out of the feathers of its mother at a farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A young girl runs past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A young girl runs past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Syrian Civil Defense teams and volunteers battle wildfire flames for the tenth consecutive day near the town of Kasab, in Syria's Latakia countryside, early Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Boniface Kariuki, a vendor who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month's protests, is laid to rest at his parents' farm in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Palestinians mourn a child killed in an Israeli military airstrike on Gaza, at the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Visitors walk past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales sits next to tennis legend Billie Jean King in the Royal Box on Centre Court ahead of the women's singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Italy's Jannik Sinner reacts after winning a point against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the men's singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Chelsea's Reece James, left, and Malo Gusto celebrate after defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup final soccer match in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

State Department employees applaud as their colleagues walk outside of the State Department headquarters in the Harry S Truman Building, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Newark, N.J., en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Children run in a fountain in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)