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Vaalrivier is in vloed, maar dié waarskuwings val op dowe ore
Deur: Riata Nel

2011-01-06 22:52
Die Vaalrivier is in vloed en ten spyte van waarskuwings swem kinders in die water en waag ander mense dit om paaie te gebruik wat weens die oorstromings in riviere omskep is.

In Drie Riviere (Vereeniging) is verskeie paaie gesluit nadat die Vaal- en die Kliprivier hul walle oorstroom het. Gholfweg, Generaal Hertzog- en Houtkopweg is gesluit. Verskeie kinders het egter gistermiddag in die rivierwater geswem wat oor Houtkopweg stroom.

“Inwoners moet dié gebiede vermy omdat dit gevaarlik is.

“Motoriste word aangeraai om nie deur die water te ry nie, want die stroomsterkte kan onderskat word,” het mnr. Klaas Mofomme, woordvoerder van die Emfuleni-munisipaliteit, gesê.

Meer as 40 families wat naby die Vaal Barrage-sluise woon moes eergisteraand en gisteroggend hul huise verlaat.

Volgens Mofomme is van die huise onder water.

Nog vier sluise is gister 12:00 en 15:00 by die Vaaldam oopgemaak. Die Vaaldam was gistermiddag laat 108% vol en 17 van sy 60 sluise was oop.

Volgens Mofomme is 2,5 miljoen liter water per sekonde gister uit die Vaaldam in die Bar-rage gelaat. Die uitvloei is 90 keer hoër as gewoonlik.

Gistermiddag laat het 3,2 miljoen liter water per sekonde die Vaaldam binnegevloei. Die Emfuleni-munisipaliteit se water-reddingspan en rampbestuur is op bystand vir enige noodgeval.

Roeiers van die Bishop Bavin-roeiklub van Johannesburg moes gister hul jaarlikse oefenkamp van sewe dae kortknip omdat die rivier in vloed is. Die 50 roeiers het Maandag by die Tropicana River Lodge langs die Vaalrivier in Vanderbijlpark ingeboek vir ’n week lange oefensessie ter voorbereiding op die nasionale roeikampioenskap.

“Ons het geweet dat die water gaan styg, maar nie verwag dat die rivier in vloed gaan wees nie. Ons het een van ons motorbote verloor wat deur die vloed meegesleur is,” het mnr. Ben Tipney, roei-hoof aan Beeld gesê.

Die roeiers kon Maandag en Dinsdag drie sessies op die rivier inwerk en het eergister op “droë grond” geoefen.

Flood warning issued
January 5 2011 at 04:13pm

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Independent Newspapers

The water affairs department issued a flood warning after two days of heavy rainfall soaked parts of the country. Photo: Independent Newspapers

The water affairs department issued a flood warning on Wednesday after two days of heavy rainfall soaked parts of the country.

“Communities residing near the four major dams (Vaal, Bloemhof, Gariep and Vanderkloof dams) should exercise extreme caution,” spokeswoman Linda Page said just before noon.

Over the past 24 hours, the Vaal dam had reached a capacity of 105.5 percent and the outflow had increased substantially.

The Bloemhof Dam was 101 percent full and was expected to increase outflow to 1300 cubic metres per second by 4pm, and 1700m cubic metres per second by 5pm on Wednesday.

The Gariep Dam was at 109.8 percent full and the outflow was 1600 cubic metres per second while the Vanderkloof Dam reached the capacity of 105.8 percent.

Its outflow of 950 cubic metres per second was expected to increase to 2000 cubic metres per second.

“As more rain has been forecast by the SA Weather service it is expected that additional measures will be taken to release more water from the dams,” Page said.

Three people died in the floods in Ladysmith, its deputy mayor Fana Madlala.

Across the country, the heavy downpour had cut off roads, uprooted trees, collapsed bridges, marooned farms, wrecked crops, damaged cars, flooded homes and swept away shacks.

Affected areas included Moretele, Hammanskraal, Ladysmith, Newcastle, Mamelodi, Nkandla, Nquthu, Winburg, Senekal, and parts of Mpumalanga.

Simphiwe Kunene, co-operative governance spokesperson in Mpumalanga, said a warning of possible flooding had been issued in their province.

“We warn all residents of the province to be on full alert as heavy rains and windstorms have been predicted for the province for the next few days,” he said in a statement.

“A special warning is being made to those living in low lying areas and next to flood lines... continued rains can lead to the increase of dam and river levels thus making small streams very dangerous.”

He urged people to move to higher ground.

All Mpumalanga municipalities were on standby to respond to flooded areas, said Kunene.

Tshwane community safety spokesperson William Baloyi said several informal settlements in Mamelodi were affected and 8469 shacks had been flooded.

“We are still assessing the worst cases... the bigger part of the area is inaccessible by vehicles.

“The flooding is serious and they need to be evacuated... so right now, we are trying to move them into churches and available halls.”

Baloyi said a help centre had been set up in Stanza Bopape hall.

Mayor Raymond Motsepe from the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality said an emergency relief delegation would be sent to the Moretele and Hammanskraal area where hundreds of families had been displaced.

Moretele and Hammanskraal are situated near the North West province border.

Over 800 houses across KwaZulu-Natal had been affected by the floods.

“The current persisting rain has affected at least 829

households all over the province during the past three days,” KwaZulu-Natal local government MEC Nomusa Dube said.

The Gift of the Givers said teams from Johannesburg and Pietermaritzburg were ready to respond to the affected areas.

“Our teams at both offices are ready to respond if local and provincial authorities request assistance outside government departments,” spokesperson Imtiaz Sooliman said on Wednesday.

“Having 18 vehicles of our own, including five trucks and more than R15-million in backup supplies we are well positioned to respond if needed.”

He said they had tents, blankets, new clothing, shoes, bottled water, cooked food, food parcels and hygiene packs available if necessary.

The SABC reported that low-lying bridges along the N5 highway in the Free State were flooded.

Transport department spokesperson Zolile Walaza urged motorists to be cautious and wait for the rain to subside instead of trying to cross bridges. -

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