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Inside of a home destroyed by flooding in Limpopo
Limpopo’s Human Settlements MEC Basikopo Makamu says seven people have lost their lives in weather and flood-related incidents since November last year.
Five were killed in the Waterberg District.
A boy was swept away in the Mutale River outside Musina earlier this week and a four-year-old at Mbaula village outside Giyani last night.
Makamu visited the flood-stricken areas in the Giyani area.
“You will know that disaster started in the province somewhere around end of November to December. Currently, we have lost about five people in the Waterberg District, as we speak now, today in Mbawula, one child has been swept away. We are still going to search but also in Vhembe, we have lost a person there. The search team is still busy and is going for the second day, we have not yet found the body. We hope we will be able to find it.”
The South African Weather Service has since issued a Red Level 10 warning for disruptive rain in Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
Weather | Red Level 10 warning for Mpumalanga and Limpopo:
Meanwhile, Makamu says they’re assessing the flood damage, adding that various departments are submitting their preliminary reports.
“Let me tell that we are busy compiling reports. The Department of Education has submitted their part that shows that almost 15 schools are damaged. The Department of Public Works have submitted that almost 490 kilometres of gravel roads have been swept away. We have received an Eskom report where electricity cables have been damaged. We have seen areas where pump stations in other municipalities have been damaged but as for now, we are busy with classification.”
Rescue teams deployed to flooded areas in Limpopo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDGIz0rsbY
