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Kariega, Gqeberha, East London Flooding Rescue Operations Underway

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The NSRI reports that 4 Females remain missing, an adult male and a (believed to be) baby girl are deceased at various scenes at Kariega.

At least up to 70 persons have been safely removed to various mustering points in 55 rescue operations – to be updated.

SA Police Services, Police divers, Police K9 Search and Rescue, Fire and Rescue Services, Relay ambulance services, NSRI stations 6 Gqeberha, 36 Oyster Bay and 37 Jeffreys Bay, Coastal Water Rescue, EC Government Health EMS, local security companies and community are deployed together with NMBMM (Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Municipality).

Resources were activated on Saturday, 1 June, from around 22h45, during heavy rain.

NSRI has 3 JetRibs and a number of 6 inch floating rescue craft, NSRI rescue vehicles with NSRI rescue swimmers and Coastal Water Rescue rescue swimmers assisting the SA Police Services, Police divers and Police K9 Search and Rescue, together with the emergency services, in ongoing search and rescue operations.

Multiple rescue operations remain underway.

In one incident at around 03h00 a SMHART security officer reported a vehicle with 6 persons trapped in the flooded Brak River, Rocklands, – 1 male was recovered safely from an island, that had formed in the river, an adult female was swept away and is missing, the remaining 4 of these 6 people were recovered safe on the Southern side of the river.

Multiple rescue operations have recovered persons safely from buildings, residences and vehicles.

NSRI and Coastal Water Rescue have multiple rescuers in wet suits on scene assisting Police divers, Police K9 Search and Rescue, NMBMM, the emergency services in operations.

Search and rescue operations are continuing at Kariega

The Fire Station at Kariega has been flooded.

At the Port of Port Elizabeth – NSRI Gqeberha, in cooperation with TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) Port of Port Elizabeth Port Control – are assessing reports of vessels breaking their moorings.

At East London, NSRI East London, in cooperation with the TNPA Port of East London Port Control, are assisting on the Buffalo River, at Jetties sunken or washed away and boats/vessels breaking moorings.

Unfolding and ongoing.

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