Heavy rains keep emergency services busy
A woman has died while two men have been seriously hurt after a car collided with a bakkie on the N2 South bound, near the Umgababa off ramp this morning.
"It has been quite a horrific weekend. We have been inundated with calls. People have been seriously injured and some have lost their lives in this wet weather," he said.
"We ask people to please slow down and increase their following distances and if they can, stay off the roads until drier conditions," Botha said.
Motorists are also being urged to use alternative routes as a number of roads have been left flooded after heavy rains since yesterday. Some roads have been water logged making them unusable and causing traffic congestions. There is no clear indication so far as to when the roads will be usable.
East Coast Radio's Johann von Bargen says drivers must avoid the following roads.
"Some of the areas affected will be the N2 from Amanzimtoti towards Durban. It has been closed in the vicinity of the old airport. There is a huge puddle on the southern free way, M4, Durban bound, in the vicinity of the sugar terminal or the Dalton area," he said.
"Other flooded roads will be the southern freeway, M4, Durban bound, just before Jacobs. And Sydney road, where two or three left hand lanes could be affected," von Bargen said.
The South African Weather Service says the rain is forecast to subside from tomorrow.
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