On Sunday 12 sluice gates remained open at the Vaal Dam to relieve pressure as the dam is at risk of collapsing due to heavy downpours.
farmers to remove livestock, movable properties and equipment away from river banks, and for communities to “avoid any activity that may put their lives in harm’s way”.Mavasa said the 12 sluice gates remained open at Vaal Dam on Sunday and outflow at the Bloemhof Dam has been increased to 3,000 cubic metres per second.Resident Graeme Addison described the flooding to be like a tsunami that would spell “the biggest Vaal flood in human memory” and said it had caused panic in the region.
“ We must have faith in people making those decisions. We must not point fingers at engineers working under pressure to try to minimise the damage and save lives. If they don’t open the sluice gates they can lose the dam,” he said.ER24 spokesperson Ross Campbell said the ambulance service rescued a family of four in Standerton near the Vaal River on Friday, and six people in Lochvaal by Saturday afternoon.
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