Rainy weather johannesburg
Rain persists, flood warnings issued in Gauteng
Roads in the Johannesburg CBD, parts of Soweto and Roodepoort were left flooded when a thunderstorm moved through the province.
A forecaster says the wet weather is expected to last until Monday, especially in Gauteng and other parts of the country.
JRA says it will station staff to monitor possible flood sites throughout the city.
Torrential rainfall washed away roads and bridges, damaged homes and opened up potholes.
The Gauteng Transport MEC says it’ll cost for than R50m to repair roads damaged by persistent rain.
The agency says it has seen a spike in claims by motorists whose cars have been damaged.
The three boys were swept away by floods while playing in a stormwater tunnel on Monday.
The City of Tshwane says the persistent rain is to blame for widespread outages in Pretoria.
Ten days of heavy rain wreaked havoc on roads across Gauteng.
The country has been lashed by persistent rain for the last 10 days.
More rain has fallen in the past week than the annual average for the entire month of March.
The weather service is warning of more rain and flooding acroos Gauteng and neighbouring provinces.
Weather SA has also warned Gauteng motorists of possible road flooding.
Wet weather in Gauteng resulted in crashes, put traffic lights on the blink & caused flooding in areas.