A woman was washed away by the flooding Nonoti River after trying to cross a low-level bridge near KwaDukuza town.

The Courier has also received reports of a vehicle being swept away in Darnall just outside KwaDukuza this morning.

The number of occupants is not known.

According to Dylan Meyrick of IPSS Medical Rescue, the woman had not yet been identified.

Updates will be available as soon as more information is available regarding these developing stories.

The heavy rainfall had caused damage to roads and houses in different areas across the province.

MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sipho Hlomuka warned residents about the stormy weather conditions.

He said the latest level 5 weather warning from the South African Weather Service indicated that heavy rains will continue into the evening in major parts of the province, especially the eastern regions.

“Residents are urged to exercise utmost caution. Residents residing in low-lying areas are urged to seek shelter on higher ground as the severe heavy rains are expected to cause localised flooding with the ground already saturated from the weekend’s rains.

“Disaster management teams continue to respond to a number of incidents, which included a wall collapsing in eThekwini that led to a fatality, as well as mudslides reported in KwaDukuza,” said Hlomuka.

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