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Lekkende dakke, verspoelde strate en appels wat vol haelskade onder die bome l\u00ea. Inwoners was dankbaar vir die re\u00ebn wat Sondagnag en Maandag uitgesak het, maar dit het ook skade vir talle meegebring.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het vooraf ‘n vlak 4-waarskuwing uitgereik dat swaar re\u00ebn oor ‘n groot gebied in die Wes-Kaap mag val.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stormwater het regdeur die Langeberg Sekond\u00eare Skool in Robertson se terrein gestroom en klaskamers was tydelik ontoeganklik.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Die Breedevallei-munisipaliteit<\/a> het bevestig dat re\u00ebn wyd oor sy munisipale gebied geval het. Ligte re\u00ebn het so ver as Touwsrivier geval. In Zwelethemba was daar gelokaliseerde oorstromings in informele nedersettings in laaggele\u00eb gebiede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Langeberg-munisipaliteit<\/a> het ges\u00ea swaar re\u00ebn het oor al vyf dorpe<\/a> en die omliggende plase uitgesak. Volgens die munisipaliteit was daar geen voorvalle nie, hoewel sekere gebiede gelokaliseerde oorstromings gehad het. Die Breederivier se vlak was matig en is goed dopgehou met nog re\u00ebn wat voorspel is, het Dani\u00ebl Lubbe, die munisipale bestuurder, ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die BVM het inwoners in kennis gestel dat die water in hul krane troebel mag wees omdat die hewige re\u00ebnbui grond en plantmateriaal in die dam ingespoel het. Kraanwater kan tydelik verkleur wees, maar dit word steeds met chloor behandel en is veilig vir menslike verbruik.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Die re\u00ebn het groot skade vir gesinne in die informele nedersetting in Askamp meegebring met hul besittings wat deurdrenk is. Gemeenskapslede het ingespring om die water te probeer weglei van die huise af. Foto: Nik Wullschleger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lesers het vertel dat hulle soveel water teen Maandagoggend uit hul re\u00ebnmeters gegooi het: Worcester (40mm), Prince Alfred Hamlet (40mm met erge hael), Ro\u00adbertson (35mm), Villiersdorp en Vyeboom (65mm) en Rawsonville (46mm).\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die stortre\u00ebn het probleme veroorsaak vir talle gesinne in informele behuising. By die Roodewal-woonstelle en die As-\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

kamp- informele nedersetting het groot poele water om huise gevorm en gesinne se besittings was deurdrenk. Van die kinders kon nie skool toe gaan nie as gevolg van die vloedwater.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die BVM het sandsakke uitgedeel en raadslede Margaret Swarts, Nik Wullschleger en lede van die wykkomitee asook ‘n groep jongmense het ingespring om grondvore te grawe om die water weg van die strukture af te lei.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Robertson het die water kniediep deur die Langeberg Sekond\u00eare Skool se terrein gespoel. ‘n Video daarvan het wyd die ronde gedoen met kinders wat deur die water voor die klaskamers loop. Volgens die skoolhoof, John Booysen, was 17 klasse Maandag ontoegangklik.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ons was nog besig in die personeelkamer toe die water deurkom. Een van ons onderwyseresse, Caitlin Africa, was op haar tafel in haar klaskamer vasgekeer,” het hy ges\u00ea. ‘n Verstopte stormwaterpyp wat by die skool verbyloop, was moontlik die oorsaak. “Die munisipaliteit maak dit gewoonlik voor die re\u00ebnseisoen skoon, maar di\u00e9 re\u00ebn het ons onkant betrap.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die skoolkinders mag dalk gedink het dat hulle ‘n paar dae lank by die huis gaan bly, maar die skoolhoof het ander planne gehad. “Ons het ‘n ongelooflike span by die skool. Hulle het Dinsdagoggend vroeg ingespring om die klaskamers skoon te maak. Daar was vier klasse wat ons nie kon gebruik nie omdat dit vol modder was, maar dit word ook skoongemaak.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In die Ceres-omgewing het hael groot skade vir vrugteboere meegebring. Baie van hulle was op die punt om te begin oes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onheilspellende wolke hange oor die Langebergstreek kort voor ‘n hewige re\u00ebnbui en donderweer oor die vallei uitgesak het. Die foto is op ‘n plaaspad tussen Robertson en Klaasvoogds geneem. Foto: Francois Lombard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hoewel die re\u00ebn verwelkom was, het inwoners en boere skade opgedoen deur die onverwagse hoeveelheid re\u00ebn en hael wat geval het. 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