🚗 A JMPD spokesperson also urged motorists to drive with extra caution, reduce their vehicle speed, and keep a safe following distance. ⛈ weather rain
A motorist drives through a flooded section of road after heavy rainfall in Centurion, 10 November 2020. Picture: Jacques Nelles
As more rain is forecast on Monday as well as on Tuesday, motorists and residents are being urged to exercise extra caution in the rainy weather. Although no warning for extreme weather conditions has been issued, the Johannesburg Emergency Services Department has called on residents to be extra careful., spokesperson for the Emergency Services Robert Mulaudzi called on residents to avoid crossing flooded roads and bridges.
“We also call on our residents who are in low-lying areas to monitor the water levels and make sure children do not play next to river streams and drainage systems to prevent drowning incidents. “As the Emergency Services, we will remain on high alert monitoring all seven regions of the City of Johannesburg, especially in areas such as Alexandra, Kliptown, Ivory Park as well as in Kliptown, Soweto,” Mulaudzi said.said while there is a 60% chance of showers and thundershowers on Monday and on Tuesday, there was no warning issued as yet but said it will be monitoring the situation closely.
A spokesperson for the Johannesburg Metro Police Department Xolani Fihla also urged motorists to drive with extra caution in the rainy weather, reduce their vehicle speed, and keep a safe following distance, stressing that when it gets dark, they should switch the vehicle headlamps on for better visibility and adhere to all the rules of the road.
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