TRAFFIC ALERT: Toti soaked by 132mm of rain in past 24 hours [PHOTOS]
Waterlogged roads under pressure due to flooding
MOTHER Nature is flexing her muscles with the torrential rain, with a deluge of 132mm of rain falling in the last 24 hours (up until 3pm today, Monday 25 July).
A passenger train derailed at Warner Beach this morning, with just the front of the train carriage derailing. The train appeared to have come to a standstill without damage. There were no injuries reported. It is unclear whether the derailment is related to the weather.
The downpour is forcing motorists to consider alternative routes.
While the Sun has not been informed of any official road closures in the greater Amanzimtoti area, there are several roads which are waterlogged as a result of this morning’s deluge, and which should be avoided at all costs.
The Sun advises motorists to steer clear of:
* The N2 past Galleria
* Umdoni Road, near the entrance to Kingsway High and Kuswag
* Kynoch Road, which links Dickens Road to the M35
* Kingsway in Warner Beach
* Approach the N2 north opposite the old airport at snail’s pace, owing to waterlogged lanes
* Bottom of Isundu Drive/Gordon/Kingfisher roads
* Prospecton Road in Prospecton.
Amanzimtoti sports field became a pond, take care in low lying areas @ECR_Newswatch @southcoastsun @NatMatters pic.twitter.com/7OjL1K0x5n
— NETCARE 911 (@Netcare911_sa) July 25, 2016
Heavy rain in Amanzimtoti, roads flooding, please take care @ECR_Newswatch @southcoastsun @NatMatters @News24 pic.twitter.com/wnxEh27rHo
— NETCARE 911 (@Netcare911_sa) July 25, 2016
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