KZN storm: Drone footage captures search, rescue efforts

KZN storm: Drone footage captures search, rescue efforts

Search efforts continue in the greater Durban area - as a 12-year-old child is thought to be one of those still missing following torrential rains that hit parts of KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend.

Search and Rescue efforts in Durban
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The incident was reported in uMshwathi just outside Pietemaritzburg.

KZN Disaster officials have confirmed three deaths at this stage - among them a 40-year-old man and his six-year-old child who lost their lives when their vehicle was swept away in Amaoti.

A woman who was also in the vehicle has not yet been found.

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The homes of dozens of residents were flooded and infrastructure destroyed in KwaMashu, Amoati, Verulam and Inanda

Disaster management officials are still estimating the damages caused and have since dispatched a team of aid workers.

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