SAWS has issued a warning about expected heavy rains in Gauteng Province. Meanwhile, damage expenses from severe rainfall in KZN have been projected to be more than R1 billion.
(The Post News)– The South African Weather Services (SAWS) has issued a yellow level one warning for severe rainfall across some parts of Gauteng province. The showers were expected to start form Wednesday evening and continue on Thursday.
Forecaster Edward Engelbrecht said that it has already started raining in some northern parts of the province and residents faced intermittent thunderstorms. He added that yesterday afternoon, the province had a 60% chance of thunderstorms over its southern parts, particularly Johannesburg. According to Engelbrecht, there may have been some light thunderstorms early in the morning, and temperatures were expected to range from 14 to the low 20s.
The assessment, which was presented to the eThekwini’s executive committee on Tuesday, includes rainfalls in February and March, with the exeption of the storms that casued heavy flooding on March 13 and 14, the consequenses of which are still being evaluated. On Wednesday, the city stated that the assessment contained “proactive measurements, incident and damage assassments,” and recovery expenses.
The rainfall caused entrapments, damaged homes, flooded and blockaded roads, and multiple accidents. On February 20, two houses collapsed in KwaMakhutha, Durban south, burying three individuals alive under the mudslide. Additionally, a week later, six more individuals were washed away in Lamonville and Chatsworth. Their deaths resulted fro over night flooding. The city asserted that the damage cost report also included burial assistance for the affected families.
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