Gift of the Givers
eThekwini Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda says they are hoping that the National government will deploy the army to assist areas affected by deadly floods.
Rescue workers have been battling heavy rainfall across several parts of KwaZulu-Natal since Monday while the death toll continues to rise.
Cooperative Governance MEC Sipho Hlomuka put the death toll at 45 and said it was likely to rise.
The South African Weather Service has meanwhile upgraded its heavy rain warning to an Orange Level 9 for the remainder of Tuesday.
King Shaka International Airport measured 225 mm overnight, Margate 311 mm, Mount Edgecombe 307 mm, Port Edward 188 mm and Virginia airport in Durban north - 304 mm.
Such rainfall is normally associated with tropical cyclones but the SA Weather Service says the KZN rainfall is the result of a cut-off low in the upper reaches of the troposphere which is currently moving seawards.
