Here is a list of flooded roads in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape.
This, after a windmap shared by meteriologists via social media indicated a steep upper air trough at least 5500m above sea level over the southern parts of SA. This trough is expected to become a cut-off system, bringing along adverse weather conditions to the south-eastern (snow and heavy rain to parts of EC, heavy rain and strong winds to parts of KZN) and eastern parts of SA (strong to severe thunderstorms to parts of parts of southern LP, MP, north-western KZN and western-eSwatini in Tuesday.
The South African Weather Service issued an Orange Level 5 warning against heavy rainfall in Gqeberha for Tuesday.
The following roads are flooded:
* Flooding Kleinskool crossing
* Pickering Street Newton Park
* Newton Street
* Durban Road Korsten behind Shoprite
* Standford Road Korsten
* Villiers Road from 5th Ave up till 11th Ave
* Markmen Industrial
* Walker Drive
* Allistet Miller Drive opposite the Airport
* Off ramp from N2 into Deal Party at Volvo is 75% flooded.
* M4 going into town under Algoa Bridge 2 of 3 lanes flooded. – this is a bad one
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* 3rd Ave Dip – CLOSED
* Perverence crossing – CLOSED
* Bethelsdorp Precinct- Leak on roof Drillhall – CLOSED
* Bethelsdorp Road – CLOSED
* Betram Road – CLOSED
* Willow Dam – Manned by Metro Police – CLOSED
* Rensburg Street ext.27- CLOSED
* Kleinskool crossing – CLOSED
* Standford Road Sasol and Jackson Street – CLOSED
* Boysens Park Nooitgedacht – CLOSED
* Kariega Durban Road – VW Manned by metro Police – CLOSED
* Madina Street – CLOSED
* La Roche – CLOSED
* Allister Miller – CLOSED
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Reports of puddles that you should slow down for:
* M4 from town towards Deal Party, near prison/graveyard 2 lanes flooded
* Cape Road & 3rd Avenue
* Cape Road & Brabant
* N2 Thornhill / Van Stadens
* Disa Ave just passed Sasol Garage towards the N2
* N2 under the Standford Road bridge
* N2 between Commercial Bridge & Standford Bridge
* William Moffet Dip
* Strandfontein & La Roche
* M4 Russel Road when coming from Summerstrand
* Walter Road Charlo from Circular to Godfrey Road
In parts of KwaZahele township, stormwater pipe lids were uplifted due to water pressure, affecting roads nearby.
Exercise caution when using the following affected roads:
* Struanway Road
* Mavusu Road(off Struanway Road)
* Daku Road(off Struanway Road, towards Njoli Road)
* Spondo Road
* Qeqe Road
* Salamtu Road
* Johnson Road
* Koyana Road (from Kwadesi side)
Authorities in the Eastern Cape’s Department of Transport, have cautioned motorists to avoid the N9, Lootsberg pass between Graaff Reinet & Middelburg, due to snowfall.