WATCH: Heavy rains cause flooding in KZN

While emergency services remain on high alert, one person has died in a car accident on the M1 in Chatsworth last night and the search for two people, including a four-year-old, continues after they were swept away while trying to cross a river in Chatsworth.

In another incident in Umlazi, a man was rescued after a wall of a home in an informal settlement collapsed.

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Emergency services, who have responded to several car crashes since last night, have urged motorists to continue exercising caution on the roads and avoid unnecessary travel.  

Residents have taken to social media to share videos and images of the aftermath of the storm. See below.

(Photo of Nandi Drive by Karmanie Sookdeo.)

(Photo of collapsed retaining wall in Westville, Supplied)

(Photos of Isipingo Beach by Mzaheer Moosa)