Search and rescue teams from outside KwaZulu-Natal have arrived in the province to assist with search and rescue efforts. Thousands of people have been left displaced with hundreds losing their lives. The government declared a provincial state of disaster in KwaZulu-Natal. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the disaster "is part of climate change", but many residents in the area blamed poor infrastructure for the scale of the flooding.
For more on this, we now cross to our reporter Vusi Khumalo.
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