{"id":60025,"date":"2022-09-02T09:40:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T07:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/lente-windstorm-saai-verwoesting-20220831-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:43:33","slug":"lente-windstorm-saai-verwoesting-20220831-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/lente-windstorm-saai-verwoesting-20220831-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lente-windstorm saai verwoesting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stormsterk wind het sedert Maandagaand chaos in die Drakenstein-vallei veroorsaak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit se uitvoerende direkteur van gemeenskapsdienste, Gerald Esau, s\u00ea \u2019n hele paar voorvalle van windskade is Woensdagaand en -nag (30 Augustus) by die munisipaliteit aangemeld. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gelukkig het die munisipaliteit se rampbestuur- en menslike nedersettingspanne mense wat in die volgende voorvalle geraak is, bygestaan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Twee vragmotors het in die Dutoitskloofpas omgeslaan, s\u00ea Esau. \u201cDie pas was vir \u2019n rukkie toe, maar is weer oopgestel nadat die een vragmotor deur ons verkeersdienste verwyder is.\u201d Swaar voertuie moes tydelik van die ou bergpas gebruik maak, terwyl ligte voertuie steeds stadig deur die tonnel kon beweeg. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Wynbergstraat, Charleston Hill, Paarl, het twee kragpale omgewaai wat veroorsaak het dat die kragtoevoer afgesny is. Esau s\u00ea dit is intussen herstel. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In die Bo-Dalpad, Paarl, het \u2019n boom ook omgewaai.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In New Orleanspark het twee bome omgewaai en op twee strukture geval. \u201cGeen beserings is aangemeld nie. Die geaffekteerde gebied is ontruim en die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit het die mense bygestaan deur hulle en hul besittings in die Groenheuwel-biblioteeksaal in die Paarl te huisves.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Hibiscusstraat in Lantana het n\u00f3g \u2019n boom op \u2019n informele struktuur geval. Hier is ook geen beserings aangemeld nie.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2019n Huis se dak, muur en drie voertuie is ook in Magnoliastraat in Mountain View beskadig. \u201cVerder het die munisipaliteit se brandweerdienste \u2019n boom gemonitor wat gedreig het om op die Sonstraal-hospitaal te val. Di\u00e9 boom is veilig gemaak.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ter opsomming noem Esau dat altesaam 27 boomverwante voorvalle sover sedert Woensdagaand by die munisipaliteit aangemeld is, waarvan 13 veilig gemaak is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOmheiningskade is ook by verskeie plekke aangemeld. Vier munisipale spanne hanteer tans hierdie klagtes. Ons eerste prioriteit is om die gebiede veilig te maak waarna die skoonmaak-aksie sal begin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kragtoevoer na die Vlakkeland-behuisingsprojek is geaffekteer, maar is intussen herstel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esau het aan <em>Paarl Post<\/em> bevestig dat di\u00e9 stormwind derduisende rande se skade aan hoog- en laagspannings-kraglyne sowel as pale aangerig het. Hierdie skade is onder meer by die Lustiganpad, Jan Fiskaal en Jan Groentjiestraat, Keerweeder, Gilfillanstraat,&nbsp; Wynbergstraat, Jan van Riebeeck-rylaan in Newton, Hawaquapad, Calai-plaas in Daljosafat, en by Buffet Olives aangemeld. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDi\u00e9 skade het uiteraard tot kragonderbrekings gelei. 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