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Kruger Park bush camps remain closed─── 10:40 Tue, 11 Mar 2014
Nelspruit - The Kruger National Park's bush camps will remain closed due to continuing floods in the area, SA National Parks said on Tuesday.
The Talamati, Biyamiti, Balule, Sirheni, Bateleur, and Shimuwini bush camps would be closed until next Monday, SANParks spokesman Reynold Thakhuli said in a statement.
He said water levels in the Limpopo, Letaba, Levuvhu, and Crocodile rivers had dropped.
"All main camps are not affected, the park is still accessible."
The main camp and picnic sites were encouraged to use water sparingly.
All gravel roads in the Marula region of the park were closed.
"Crocodile Bridge Gate is still closed and expected to be closed for the rest of the week," he said.
The Wolhuter, Boesman, and Olifants trails camps were also closed.
The Berg-en-Dal rest camp had erected a temporary fence. No camps in the park had been damaged, Thakuli said.
More heavy rain was expected in the region.
More heavy rain was expected in the region.
Meanwhile, six people drowned in various parts of Mpumalanga due to heavy flooding, police said.
A 12-year-old boy from Ermelo drowned on Monday, Mpumalanga diving unit spokeswoman Captain Joey Potgieter said.
She suspected the boy might have been swimming in the area.
Two bodies were recovered at the weekend in Amersfoort and Hendrina. Both were men.
On Friday, three men aged 20, 30, and 46 drowned in Schoemansdal, Lydenburg, and Amersfoort.
A man who fell into the Crocodile River in Schagen, Nelspruit, around 9pm on Friday while crossing a bridge was still missing, she said.
A 50-year-old man who drowned while crossing a river on Schoeman's farm in Badplaas on Monday was also still missing.
Two men were rescued in Hazyview and Siyabuswa, she said.
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