[WATCH] Hartbeespoort dam sluices open following a week of rain
Videos on social media shows the Hartbeespoort dam sluices open and water gushing downstream.
This comes after a week of rain in Gauteng that has caused flooding in parts, but also brought much-needed relief as the country had been battling drought and heatwave conditions.
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Amazing and Beautiful at Hartbeespoort. The dam is full after most blessed rain in the catchment area. And even better is the fact that the dam is now cleaned from hyacinths, something which humans could not do. Go check! Take the kids! https://t.co/QkPHTF4Gwd pic.twitter.com/f6Ron5nJJC
— Southern Staying (@SouthernStaying) December 9, 2019
This is Hartbeespoort dam today #flooding pic.twitter.com/6gayWZiu8I
— Bright nsovo (@BrightNsovo) December 9, 2019
In November, the Department of Water and Sanitation said the water levels in the Vaal Dam had dropped to new lows.
By early December, the Department as waiting for water from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) to replenish dropping Vaal Dam levels.
[ WATCH 🎥 ] 📍Hartbeespoort Dam
— Lindiwe Sisulu (@LindiweSisuluSA) December 9, 2019
Thank God for the rain 🙏🏼... I hope though that the overflow did not negatively affect people in informal settlements! pic.twitter.com/JFXF7cbD9P
Hartbeespoort dam overflowing pic.twitter.com/jWx91Yr8uB
— Llewellyn Jenner (@LlewJenner) December 9, 2019