"This is the worst disaster that I have seen hit Natal in 20 years," says the director for the volunteer-run organisation Rescue South Africa, Travis Trower, as teams including NGOs and volunteers continue to search for survivors and the deceased following fierce flooding in the Durban region. At the Virginia Airport in north Durban, helicopters fly in and out delivering rescuers to sites of reported missing people after fierce floods hit the South African region. With roads and bridges washed away by freak rainfall this week, rescuers battled to deliver supplies across the city, where some residents have been without power or water since Monday. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES