Eastern Cape Floods & Damage

Since last week, the Eastern Cape has been getting a lot of rain. In fact according to the Weather Guru (link below) up to this morning 389mm of rain fell in the Port Alfred area. Click here for details on all areas from last week to now.  He also shared this info:

With still 8 days left in October we have not only exceeded the record in Port Elizabeth as being the wettest NON FLOOD year on record and the second wettest year on record since 1955 (when records started at airport)

Reason for calling it a non flood year is that although we have had a lot of flooding, there is no ONE SINGLE EVEN/DATE that stands out like for example 1 September 1968

Comparative figures up until the end of October

1968 1032.6 mm
1974 966.5 mm
1981 923.5 mm
2012 985.4 mm up until 22 October

For the entire year the total for 1968 was 1068.4 mm. We thus need just over 83 mm before the end of the year to beat that record

Facebook has been buzzing about the heavy rains and people are posting photos like crazy, especially since Saturday.

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Where to get more info and updates:

Metro Newspaper: http://www.metronewspaper.co.za/

Follow the Weather Guru for up to date reports: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Weather-Guru/192566374124112

Algoa FM Gallery: http://www.algoafm.co.za/galleryphotos.aspx?id=201#!prettyPhoto

Grahamstown Photos: http://penneyspix.co.za/gtown-rain.php

St Francis photos: http://stfrancischronicle.com/2012/10/21/the-sand-river-canyon-develops-as-bridge-washes-away-for-3rd-time-photo-gallery/#jp-carousel-8398

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Videos:

Boesmanriviermond:

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Some Images from Facebook:

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3rd Avenue, Walmer (Saturday night?)

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3rd Avenue, Walmer (Sinkhole in road)

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The hole is 25m wide and 50m deep on the N2 between Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth

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Assegai Bridge between Port Elizabeth & Grahamstown

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Boundary Lane, Mt Pleasant (sorry about quality)

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Seaview Rd (Bushy Park)

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R72

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Spar Despatch

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St Francis

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Seaview Rd

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Grahamstown

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3rd Avenue, Walmer

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Star Bakery, Walmer

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Mount Pleasant

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Seaview Rd

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Little Walmer Golf Course

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Port Elizabeth

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Target Kloof

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Sundays River

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Port Alfred

 

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• More rain for the Eastern Cape over the weekend (jbaynews.com)
• 76 people evacuated near Swartkops River (jbaynews.com)
• More rain predicted for Eastern Cape (jbaynews.com)

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