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More torrential rain

    JOHANNESBURG

    More torrential rain fell in South Africa's Northern Province on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring dozens more, the South African Press Association (SAPA) said.

    According to SAPA, houses collapsed at Louis Trichardt and Thohoyandou near the country's border with Zimbabwe and Mozambique. South African health officials this week expressed concern over a possible increase in water-borne diseases in the northern parts of the country.

    Meanwhile, on Wednesday the United States said it was sending two disaster experts to Mozambique to assess the situation after the country issued an urgent appeal for aid to deal with massive flooding. State Department spokesman James Rubin, said the US embassy in Mozambique had already disbursed US $25,000 in emergency relief funds to deal with the crisis and that Washington was prepared to release more.

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