Death toll in KZN storm rises to 32
The death toll following torrential rains, and flooding across KwaZulu-Natal has risen to 32.
A massive search operation is currently underway near a school in Westcliff where rescuers have pulled the bodies of six people from the rubble so far.
It is understood that a landslide caused the home to collapse.
The bodies of a 17-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter were today recovered from under the rubble in the Bottlebrush area of Chatsworth.
In a separate incident in Malvern, seven bodies were found in a home in Ellen Road in Malvern, near Queensburgh.
While the collapse of a home near Westcliff Secondary School has claimed six lives - with two people being rushed to hospital.
The search for one more person continues.
#DurbanFloods Near Westcliff Secondary School where another structure has collapsed. This time, the home of a school caretaker.
— Nushera Raisa Soodyal (@nushera) April 23, 2019
Six bodies have been recovered and two have been rushed to hospital. The search is still on for one more person @ECR_Newswatch pic.twitter.com/BB9cExhfId
KZN Cogta MEC, Nomusa Dube Ncube says the numbers are expected to rise as search operations are underway.