Residents moved to safer place
City of Joburg and EMS has moved residents from their flooded shacks in Kliptown to a place of safety.
Dozens of families have been evacuated from their homes in Kliptown to different places of safety following yet more heavy rains and flooding in the area.
Johannesburg has been hit hard by rains for more than a two weeks now and City of Johannesburg officials are coming up with strategies to keep residents safe.
Emergency services has appealed to people to drive carefully and for those living in low lying areas to report any signs of flooding immediately.
Emergency services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said: “We are and we will be attending to people who have been affected in Kliptown and other areas in Soweto, the number has gone up, there are about 158 people who were relocated to a nearby community centre.
“Our emergency personnel are monitoring the most critical river streams such as Jukskei, Kalfontein, and also Klip Valley.”
The weather service has issued flood warnings in many parts of the country as more rain is expected to fall throughout the week.
Forecaster Dipuo Tawana says: “We are still expecting rain over most parts of the country and this will continue for the coming weeks.
“We have issued a watch of flooding which is expected in Gauteng and lots of damages are expected to happen, so we urge residents and motorist to be careful at home and even on the roads.”
