DURBAN – Durban’s vicious storm has robbed an Umlazi mother of her only child.

22-month-old Okuhle — one of six young children at a crèche — was swept away amid heavy rains on Tuesday.

Resident Siphesihle Mthembu sprang into action with two others and managed to save five of them.

READ: Death toll rises in Durban storm

But even though some are calling him a hero, his thoughts are with baby Okuhle.

Search-and-rescue teams were in Umlazi on Wednesday morning combing the banks of the spruit.

A painstaking search was conducted with police dogs, but there’s no sign of baby Okuhle just yet.

* Watch the full video report by Dasen Thathiah in the gallery above.

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