The search for the schoolchildren who were swept away in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province has resumed after being halted overnight, officials have said.
The children were on their way to school in the town of Mthatha when their bus was carried away in flood waters as it was crossing a bridge on Tuesday morning.
Officials said three students were later rescued, but it was unclear how many children were on the bus, which was found on a riverbank with no-one inside.
Public broadcaster SABC reported that the three children who were rescued on Tuesday were found clinging to trees.
South Africa has been hit by heavy snow, rains and gale force winds that have officially claimed the lives of 14 people, nine from the floods and five in a road accident.
The Eastern Cape has been one of two provinces affected the worst by the icy conditions.
