Die stormweer en swaar re\u00ebnval van die afgelope week het gesorg vir chaos en grootskaalse verwoesting in die Breedevallei, veral vir die gemeenskap van De Doorns.<\/p>\n
Die eerste storm wat uitgebreek het Sondagmiddag 11 Desember, het in \u2019n kort tydperk gesorg vir massas re\u00ebn wat sekere strate van Worcester soos riviere laat lyk het. Enkele ure later was die water reeds deur die stormwatersisteem van die dorp en die Hexrivier het hewig begin vloei na die donderstorm.<\/p>\n
Die storm wat egter Maandag 12 Desember oor die Breedevallei uitgesak het het vir meer skade gesorg.<\/p>\n
Strate in Rawsonville, Worcester en veral De Doorns het weereens oorstroom en besighede en huise moes spook-en-spartel om water buite te hou en skade binne geboue te beperk.<\/p>\n
In De Doorns was dit egter moeilik en besighede het omtrent danksy die massas water, tot in die middernagtelike ure water probeer opdroog. Slaghuise, restaurante, supermarkte en allerlei winkels het derduisende rande se skade gely na sowat 70 mm se re\u00ebn in minder as twee ure neergesak het. <\/p>\n
Die vorige dag het die De Doorns omgewing sowat 32 mm aangeteken. Worcester en ander dele van die Breedevallei het tydens die twee dae se storms ook tussen 55 en 75mm aangeteken.<\/p>\n
Voetgangers het in die nat toestande hul weg probeer ruim na veiligheid, motoriste het probeer om veilig by hul huise en gesinne uit te kom en besigheidseienaars het gered wat daar te redde was.<\/p>\n
Onderburgemeester Juben von Willingh, \u2019n inwoner van De Doorns het aan Standard <\/i>ges\u00ea dat hy, talle wetstoepassers en vrywilligers bykans heelmiddag en aand kniediep in die water was om inwoners by te staan.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk woon al 40 jaar hier en het nog nooit so iets beleef nie. My voete is gaar. Ons is dankbaar vir die re\u00ebn, maar ek bid dat daar nie weer so \u2019n storm sal toesak nie. Hier is taamlike skade. Skade aan infrastruktuur veral. Huise, besighede, paaie en selfs dele van die N1 is so erg beskadig, dit sal ordentlike herstelwerk kos,\u201d verduidelik von Willingh aan Standard<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Hy meen egter dat die landbougemeenskap veral geraak is deur hierdie stormre\u00ebn.<\/p>\n
\u201cDiegene wat vroe\u00eb druiwe plant het sowat \u2019n geskatte 30% skade aan hul wingerde gekry. Die volle effek sal eers oor sowat twee weke gemeet kan word. Daar is sitrusboorde wat verspoel het en ons boere hier gaan reeds gebuk onder verskeie uitdagings. Voor hierdie storm was reeds 26 plase hierrond in die knyp. Dit beteken dat daar groot finansi\u00eble uitdagings voorl\u00ea en gesinne sal wees wie se inkomste erg geraak gaan word.\u201d<\/p>\n
Von Willingh s\u00ea hy is egter dankbaar dat daar geen lewensverlies tot dusver aangemeld is nie en dat hy vertrou in \u2019n kommunikasiesisteem wat werk. <\/p>\n
\u201cAlmal weet wat om te doen en ons kon vroegtydig waarskuwings uitreik en sisteme in plek kry, maar die hoeveelheid re\u00ebnval het ons almal verbaas. Niemand was gereed vir dit nie.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2019n Plaaslike boer in die omgewing wat op voorwaarde van anonimiteit met Standard <\/i>gepraat het s\u00ea dat \u2019n deel van sy oes totaal-en-al verwoes is.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk weet nie waar om eers te begin nie. Dit gaan reeds swaar en nou moet ek vir van my werkers verduidelik hoekom ons nie hierdie jaar soveel gaan oes nie en waarom hulle nie inkomste gaan verdien op geld waarop hul staatgemaak het nie.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Standard <\/i>het in die dorp gaan rondry en by inwoners in verskeie gemeenskappe gaan aanklop om kommentaar.<\/p>\n
Sara Pretoors, \u2019n inwoner van Roodewal vertel dat water by die woonstelle vreeslik opgedam het en in die kamp-area net agter riviere en modderplasse veroorsaak het.<\/p>\n
Piet Makker van Riverview verduidelik dat dieselfde tendens soos in Roodewal ter voorskyn gekom het by hulle en dat sekere inwoners met emmers nog water uit hul wonings moes verwyder.<\/p>\n
Adjudant Offisier Vathiswa Jacobs van die Worcester-polisie verduidelik dat hulle nou saamwerk met raadslede om weerloses by te staan. Na \u2019n storm wat in Februarie vanjaar ook die Breedevallei geteister het, was \u2019n groot bekommernis die area van Zwelethemba. <\/p>\n
\u201cEk het sopas met die raadslid gesels en alles is onder beheer. Die situasie word bestuur en dit blyk nie of te groot skade al aangemeld is nie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beide Jacobs en Von Willingh stel egter dat inwoners wat geraak is deur hierdie storms moet kontak maak met hul raadslede.<\/p>\n
Bernard Broodryk, \u2019n besigheidseienaar van Worcester vertel aan Standard <\/i>dat hy dankbaar is vir die munisipaliteit se bystand gedurende die storm.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Februarie was hulle beslis nie gereed vir die storm nie en dit was nag. Paaie was ongangbaar en die water wou net nie deur die stormwaterstelsel vloei nie. Ek moet vir hulle \u2019n pluimpie gee dat daar wel in sekere areas aandag gee is aan hierdie probleem en water vinniger dreineer het. Wetstoepassers was ook op plekke in die dorp – gereed om bystand te lewer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Talle inwoners het op Standard <\/i>se Facebookblad hul ervaring gedeel deur videogrepe en foto\u2019s te deel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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