Some Orange Farm residents forced to evacuate homes due to heavy rains
Following an orange level 5 warning for heavy rainfall by the South African Weather Service, low-lying areas around Gauteng were severely hit by the storm.
Residents navigate flooded roads in Orange Farm after heavy rain. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - Some residents of Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg, were forced to evacuate their homes in the middle of the night due to heavy rains.
Following an orange level 5 warning for heavy rainfall by the South African Weather Service (SAWS), low-lying areas around Gauteng were severely hit by the storm.
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A family in Extension 8 of the area said that in the last two days, they needed to seek shelter from relatives because water began seeping into their home at alarming speeds during the night.
The family said upon returning all their furniture was ruined including big appliances.
"I don’t know how to explain it because the whole house, there was mud inside the house, beds were wet, cupboards are falling down. We couldn’t even sleep in the house.”
The residents said they're worried about their health and safety, as the weather service had forecast more rainfall over the weekend.