The South African Weather Office made a presentation to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Disaster Management Centre stating that the possibility of moderate to heavy rains for Tuesday, July 5, is good.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will now establish a Joint Operation Centre from 07:00 tomorrow morning as a precautionary measure and to monitor the water levels. This decision was further informed by a prediction of 90% to 100% probability of rain that will hopefully clear up by tomorrow afternoon. Light rain is also expected on Wednesday.
Residents in high risk areas are also encouraged to place dry clothes and blankets in plastic bags before tomorrow since the Municipality has limited relief stock at the moment. This will enable them to have dry clothes and bedding if evacuations to community facilities are required.
Although reports were received of localized flooding, no evacuations were required at this stage.
Major Storage Dams supplying Nelson Mandela Bay (4 July 2011) Capacity – Volume of water:
- Kouga: 100% – 125 910 Ml
- Churchill: 85,7% – 30 193
- Impofu: 59,1% – 62 551
- Loerie: 99,6% – 3 015
- Groendal: 100% – 11 640
- Average all: 82,9% of total combined capacity – 226 462 Ml.
Rainfall recorded (1 to 3 July 2011):
- Churchill: 9,6 mm
- Impofu: 30,2 mm
Road Closures
The dip area of Third Avenue is currently closed. The Municipality’s Traffic Law Enforcement Unit had to add additional barriers after rogue motorists deliberately ignored the barriers that were initially put in place for the safety of road users. If this unlawful action continues the issuing of heavy fines will be enforced. This closure will be assessed later today.
Images of the Kouga and Loerie Dams Overflowing on 18 June 2011:
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Report Water Leaks to: 041 505 2258 or 0800 20 5050
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On the subject of the 3rd Ave Dip – when is the traffic dept going to get off of their butts and start erecting signs that indicate that there is a Road closure ahead of time (William Moffett, Alan Drive, Cape Road and at every major intersection along 3rd Ave)? – I am so tired of putting extra Km’s onto my journey and wasting petrol only to find out at the LAST minute that the Rd is closed -advanced planning would be great. As far as I am concerned the traffic department are part of the problem of motorists jumping the barrier.
There seems to be a road under construction linking Fairview, under the Moffett, to Glen Hurd Drive or the 3rd Ave dip – what is the municipality planning to do about re-directing that traffic when the Rd is finally complete, if the dip happens to be closed?