LISTEN: Elderly couple lucky to be alive following Asherville landslide

LISTEN: Elderly couple lucky to be alive following Asherville landslide

As the wet weather continues to sweep across KwaZulu Natal - in Durban, an Asherville resident is thankful both her parents are alive.

Land slide outside Asherville home
Storm damage on Zainnia Road, Asherville. Photo: Waseela Kachbal

Waseela Kachbal says she managed to carry her elderly mum to safety when their backyard sank in torrential rain. 

She says she started to panic when a landslide caused the lawn of their Zinnia Road property to collapse.

Kachbal says the road near home is completely submerged in mud. 

"It's so bad that it has actually pushed the neighbour's car against her house ans moved the [fence] against the neighbour's house. I have no backyard. The mud has slid over the entire road on Tarndale Avenue - blocking that road," she said. 

The province has been hit by heavy downpours since since last night - causing power outages, mudslides and the collapse of buildings and homes. 

The local Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affair Department has placed the number of people that have died in rainstorm over the long weekend at 23.

Fatalities have been reported in Malvern, Umlazi, Chatsworth and New Germany. 

KZN EMS says they're issuing warnings for the northern parts of the province - including the King Cetshwayo District Municipality. 

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