The Lisbon and Berlin Falls alongside the Panorama Route are overflowing with water after the Graskop space obtained 160mm of rain in a single day between Sunday and Monday, January 25.
Tropical Storm Eloise battered Mpumalanga, with the South African Climate Service (SAWS) issuing a Degree 9 Warning.
In a press release, SAWS stated: ‘Following landfall, we anticipate “Eloise” to proceed alongside a reasonably straight path, taking it overland by southern Mozambique (because the system weakens considerably) through the course of Sunday, 24 January 2021.
‘It’s at the moment that the north-eastern elements of South Africa can anticipate the onset of heavy tropical rain, notably alongside the escarpment and lowveld areas of Limpopo and Mpumalanga, in addition to the northern sector of Limpopo.
The northern elements of KwaZulu-Natal will proceed to expertise heavy rains till Monday.
‘When it comes to the impacts of heavy rain, SAWS warns that there’s a extreme threat (ORANGE, stage 9) for disruptive rain related to widespread flooding and flood-related harm of infrastructure together with housing, roads and bridges over the aforementioned areas,’ the climate service stated.
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Components of Limpopo additionally obtained bountiful rainfall, filling out rivers which have lengthy been dry. The Zandspruit River, which passes by personal reserves in Hoedspruit obtained 60mm of rain over the weekend and is flowing as soon as once more.
After virtually 60mm of rain in a single day – our lovely Zandspruit river is flowing once more ? With constant rain predicted…
Posted by Khaya Ndlovu Manor Home on Sunday, 24 January 2021
Picture: Screenshot from video