Njengoba imigwaqo namabhuloho eningizimu-mpumalanga yeNingizimu Afrika egugulwe yizikhukhula 'ezingakaze zibonwe' kuleli sonto, abatakuli bendawo bathwale kanzima beletha izimpahla kulo lonke idolobha laseThekwini, lapho izakhamuzi bezingenawo ugesi noma amanzi kulezi zinsuku ezine ezedlule.
Namuhla, isibalo sabashonile ngenxa yezikhukhula sikhuphuke safinyelela ku-341 njengoba abatakuli besabalele edolobheni eliseningizimu-mpumalanga yeTheku emkhankasweni wokuthungatha abasindile.
Ngokusho kukaNdunankulu waKwaZulu-Natal, uMnuz Sihle Zikalala, bangu-40,723 abantu asebekhahlamezeke kule nhlekelele kanti kuze kube manje bangu-341 abantu abashonile.
“Izinga lokucekelwa phansi kwempilo yabantu, ingqalasizinda kanye nezinhlelo zokuhlinzekwa kwezidingongqangi esifundazweni alikaze libonwe,” kusho uSihle Zikalala.
Uhulumeni akazange aveze ukuthi bangaki abantu abalahlekile. UZikalala uqagule ukuthi umthethosivivinywa womonakalo uzofinyelela ezigidini zamarandi.
Ngolunye usuku imvula igcine idambile, bambalwa abasindile abatholakele, kusho umqondisi wenhlangano ephethwe ngamavolontiya iRescue South Africa. Ezikhaleni ezingu-85 ngoLwesine, uthe amaqembu akhe athole izidumbu kuphela.
UMengameli waseNingizimu Afrika uCyril Ramaphosa umemezele lesi sifunda njengesimo senhlekelele ukuze kuvulwe izimali zosizo. Iziphathimandla zithe zisungule izindawo zokukhosela ezingu-17 ezizohlalisa abantu abangaphezu kuka-2,100 XNUMX.
URamaphosa uchaze le nhlekelele ngokuthi “yinhlekelele enkulu kakhulu,” wengeza ngokuthi “kusobala ukuthi iyingxenye yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.”
Uhulumeni wesifundazwe saKwaZulu-Natal uphinde wahlaba ikhwelo emphakathini unxusa abantu ukuthi banikele ngokudla okungaboli, amanzi asemabhodleleni, izingubo zokugqoka nezingubo zokulala.
Ongoti besimo sezulu bathi ezinye izindawo zithole ngaphezu kuka-45cm (18 amayintshi) emahoreni angu-48, okusho ukuthi cishe ingxenye yemvula yaseThekwini yonyaka engu-101cm (40 amayintshi).
ISouth African Weather Service ikhiphe isexwayiso ngempelasonto yePhasika ngokuduma kwezulu nezikhukhula KwaZulu-Natal nasezifundazweni ezingomakhelwane iFree State kanye ne-Eastern Cape.
INingizimu Afrika isazabalaza ukululama obhubhaneni obuneminyaka emibili ubudala lwe-COVID kanye nezibhelu ezabulala abantu abangaphezu kuka-350 ngonyaka odlule.