KWAZULU-NATAL - KwaZulu-Natal COGTA MEC, Sihle Zikalala is urging communities to be vigilant amid severe weather warnings.
This as heavy rains continue to disrupt large parts of the province.
An 8-year-old has drowned in Pietermaritzburg.
There's also reports of power outages as a result of persistent rains.
The Weather Service has now downgraded the South Western parts of the KwaZulu-Natal to alert level two.
The North has also been downgraded to level four.