The eThekwini jazz sessions, scheduled for Sunday, the 02nd March 2025, were postponed due to severe weather conditions forecast for eThekwini.
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has upgraded the warning against severe thunderstorms to level 5.
The warning is applicable to the western and southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, with heavy downpours expected to lead to flooding, accompanied by excessive lighting, hail and damaging winds.
Motorists are urged to exercise extreme caution and take the necessary precautions to ensure their safety.
This weather warning comes a week after floods claimed 6 lives in Lamontville and other areas in the South of Durban. The search is on for the seventh person, who is still missing.
About 160 affected people were affected by the Lamontville floods and relocated to a temporary shelter.
The National Department of Human Settlements and the Municipality are currently in search of suitable land to build houses for displaced families and those most vulnerable during severe weather.
Demolition has started in the transit camp where the affected flood victims resided.
The City also said about 10 140 families are housed in 71 transit camps in eThekwini.
According to the latest Human Settlements statistics, a total of 3 676 families were relocated with 2 224 units demolished. A balance of 7 916 families within 42 transit camps are still in the current backlog to be relocated.
The remaining transit camps are all planned to be relocated by 2027.
Several flooded roads in Durban
– 🌊M4 nearing Wentworth turn off
– 🌊Montpelier road is partly flooded
– 🌊Joyce and Donkin road corner is flooded
– 🌊Umgeni Rd is flooded
– 🌊Quarry rd east is flooded
– 🌊M4 Riverside offramp is flooded
– 🌊Waterfall Rd, Sydenham by N3 Bridge is waterlogged
– 🌊Corner of Tara and quality has huge water puddle
– 🌊Harbottle Road and East Street are heavily flooded
– 🌊M19 west under N2 towards Pinetown is flooded
– 🌊Malukazi road is flooded
– 🌊Crescent street has a manhole cover taking too much water pressure
– 🌊Alpine Road mosque area is flooded
– 🌊Brighton road all the way to checkers is flooded
– 🌊M13 pmb bound, before the N3 M13 join, freeway is water lodged both lanes
– 🌊Soofie Saheb rd into Riverside rd has huge puddle
– 🌊Prospect Hall Road, Durban North is flooded
– 🌊Sparks Rd is flooded from Romans pizza onwards
– 🌊Quarry road near Reservoir Hills is flooded
– 🌊Mt edgecombe Checkstar area is flooded
– 🌊Tara Road from the show grounds to Checkers/Shell Garage, which is only accessible by high-rised vehicles
– 🌊Bridge at the bottom end of Blundell going up towards Malvern
– 🌊Esipingo beach and Dakota informal settlement
– 🌊Ispingo Rails, next to Checksave and Boxer
– 🌊Alpine Road
– 🌊M4 going towards the old airport leaving Durban
– 🌊M4, flooded on Prospecton Road off-ramp
– 🌊M4 south, traffic build-up and cars turning into opposite lanes across the center median
– 🌊Under the bridge by the dump near Umgeni Bird Park (opposite Shell)
– 🌊Riverside Road, deep water puddles and a car has broken down
– 🌊Foreshore Drive, Bluff is closed due to the bank washing down onto the road
– 🌊Edwin Swales, leaving the Bluff, only part of the right lane is not flooded
– 🌊Just before the M4 bridge, 2 left lanes flooded
– 🌊Just before Umbilo Rd offramp, all lanes flooded