South Africa's Department of Water and Sanitation has warned residents in the provinces which are in the route of the Tropical Storm Eloise -Mpumalanga and Limpopo- as well as KwaZulu-Natal, to stay away from rivers and dams to avoid being swept away by the strong currents. Currently, the two provinces are experiencing heavy rains after being bashed by Tropical Cyclone Eloise that moved from Mozambique over the weekend.
The Vaal Dam capacity was 75.4 % full, with an Inflow of 85 m cubic meters squared and outflow of 18 cubic meters squared. Gariep Dam, the biggest in the country, was spilling at 103.3 %. On Sunday its inflow was recorded at 486 cubic meters squared and the outflow at 784 cubic meters square. Bloemhof Dam reached a capacity of 109, 2 cubic meters with an inflow of 107 cubic meters squared and an outflow of 201 cubic meters squared.
Vhembe was the most affected area and 5 dams are spilling, namely Luphephe, Nwanedzi, Mutshedzi, Vondo and Nandoni.
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