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#DurbanStorm causes chaos in Amanzimtoti
ER24 paramedics responded to several calls for assistance
With reports of various roads in and around South Durban being flooded due to heavy downpours, paramedics and other local rescue services have been kept busy.
Severe flooding of roads occurred in Amanzimtoti, the N2 between Amanzimtoti and M7, and several other roads were closed to traffic. There have been reports of several mudslides in Doonside, as well as along the M35 near KwaMakhutha and Folweni.
Paramedics were alerted of several vehicles that were under water along the N2.
Heavy rainfall also contributes to smaller rivers and low-lying areas to fill up quickly, leaving dangerous conditions across large parts the area.
ER24 paramedics have responded to several calls for assistance. Some of the incidents include containers that fell from a truck onto a vehicle near Rotterdam Road in Bayhead, a family was trapped inside their home when it flooded in Barlew Mews, an ambulance overturned leaving two medical crew injured along the N2 in Umgababa, two taxis collided in Magabeni and several other distress calls.
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