The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro finally received much-needed rain, but many of its water storage and distribution sites failed because the storm knocked power out in parts of the region.
Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor, Gary van Niekerk, said external contractors were called in to assist with the restoration of electricity because many of the outages were caused by trees being uprooted by the wind and damaging power lines.
Some roads were waterlogged, such as a section of Seaview Road, where the water was at a 20cm depth. The dip area of Third Avenue in Newton Park was also still closed on Tuesday afternoon due to the Baakens River being in full flow.Our combined dam levels rose by almost one percentage point since Friday from 48,85% to 49,65%. We are also receiving good inflow into our dams and should know in a few days by how much our dam levels will improve.
The South African Weather Service issued an orange level 9 warning – an indication that severe impact is expected – for disruptive rain over the south-western parts of the Eastern Cape on Monday, as well as an orange level 6 warning for disruptive rain over the Nelson Mandela Bay, Kouga, Sundays River Valley, Makana, Ndlambe and Ngqushwa municipalities.In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust.
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