8 March, 2017 Tel: 011 724 7000 Free Flash fl ood devastates DAVID PIENAAR email:
[email protected] twitter: @ALBRecord ALBERTON and other areas in the South of Johannesburg were severely affected by the fl ash fl oods that occurred on Thursday, March 2. The heavens opened up and roads and homes were quickly fl ooded by the heavy downpour, which caused massive devastation and serious damage. One home-owner in Toon van den Heever Street, Randhart, said this was the second time this had happened to them in a few months. "We moved in just six months ago and we had just started to recover from the last incident of fl ooding when this happened. We just don't know what we're gonna do, because we can't go on like this," said the devastated home-owner, who would like to remain anonymous. Aside from homes, the fl ash fl oods also had a profound impact on traffi c, with cars getting stuck and even crashing in areas like Rietvlei Zoo Farm, Renaissance Retirement Village and more. GARDEN UNDER WATER: Renaissance Retirement Village. The issues of outdated and unmaintained roads, inadequate the municipality was the problem. questions to the EMM regarding stormwater drains and systems, "These drains are permanently the potholes and they replied that along with the multitude of blocked and they aren't doing their they needed reference numbers in blocked drains and sewerage jobs, simple as that," she said. order to comment. ViewView WATER, WATER, WATER: Tons of water was still fl owing systems, all contributed to making Again a number of potholes Damages in both Alberton and video on into stormwater drains for a long time after the rain stopped; the situation much worse.