The death toll in floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape province has risen to 86, the police minister said Saturday as rescuers continued to retrieve bodies from the floodwater. Senzo Mchunu, the country's top law enforcement official,

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday said the "catastrophic disaster" was due to climate change and estimated the flood waters had reached more than four metres high. "The latest report has indicated an increase in the number of fatalities from 88 to 90," the Eastern Cape government said in a statement.