Man's body recovered from Umgeni River
The body of a man who drowned in the Umgeni River, in Lower Molweni, on Monday, has been recovered.
This brings the total number of people who have drowned in KZN during the heavy rains and flash flooding since Friday, to four.
Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala says the latest victim - a 45-year-old man - was trying to cross a low-level bridge when he slipped and fell into the raging waters.
Community members found him late on Monday night and officers from the SAPS Search and Rescue Unit were called out to collect his body.
An inquest docket has been opened at Hillcrest police station.
Earlier yesterday - police divers recovered the body of an elderly woman from the same river and a 24-year-old man, was found floating in the shorebreak off the North Beach pier.
On Friday, a Dutch national drowned when the dive boat she was on capsized in the Mkomazi River Mouth.
Meanwhile, a 23-year-old man who was washed into a river in Chatsworth on Saturday night, is still missing.