Durban — Provincial MECs are to visit the flood-hit South Coast in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday to get first-hand information about the damage caused to businesses and houses.

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Local Government Mike Mabuyakhulu will lead the delegation made up of MEC for Safety and Security Bheke Cele, Health MEC Neliswa Nkonyeni and MEC for Fianance Zweli mkhize, among others.

On Tuesday, the Ugu District in the South Coast experienced torrential rains which resulted in the Umtamvuna River bursting its banks flooding houses and businesses causing serious damage to property.

Six people died in the floods and cars were washed away with people still inside.

At least 10 people had to be rescued from rooftops and ferried to higher ground and at least 200 people had been taken to local community halls for shelter.

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) deployed more than 500 volunteers to assist in evacuating people whose houses had been flooded.

Provincial Local Government departmental spokesperson Lennox Mabaso told BuaNews that the assessment of the damage caused by the floods would be conducted once rescue operations had been conducted.

"We are still trying to accommodate all those that have been affected and lost their homes," Mr Mabaso said.

NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon on Thursday told BuaNews that were monitoring the situation but that they had conducted much of the rescue work on Wednesday.

According to Weather Bureau in Durban, no heavy rains are expected in the South Coast on Thursday but there will be some light drizzle.

On Friday, the weather is expected to be partly cloudy throughout the province and no rain is expected over the weekend.

The Durban Metropolitan Police urged motorists driving towards the South Coasts to exercise extreme caution as most of the roads and low water bridges have been flooded.

Most businesses in the area are to remain closed until mop operations had been completed.

Meanwhile, the Durban International Airport has been reopened on Wednesday afternoon, following an aircraft skidding off the runway.

The airport was closed after bad weather caused a British aircraft, which was arriving from Johannesburg with 87 passengers and six crew members on board, to skid off the runway during landing on Wednesday morning.

Airport Company South Africa (ACSA) Communications Manager Colin Naidoo in Durban told BuaNews that the airport is continuing with normal operations.

"We worked until late yesterday trying to accommodate all delayed passengers and currently all flights are on schedule," he said, adding that no passengers were injured in the incident.

According to ACSA the rain caused the runway to be slippery.