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Homes flooded in the Vaal, emergency services rescue those trapped

Homes flooded in the Vaal, emergency services rescue those trapped
Staff Reporter"> By Staff Reporter - 17 January 2021 - 10:35
An Oryx helicopter airlifted an elderly couple to safety after flooding in the Loch Vaal area at the weekend.
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Flooding at Loch Vaal in Vanderbijlpark at the weekend resulted in dramatic scenes as families had to evacuate with an access road becoming impassable.
Localised flooding had occurred after heavy rains over recent days, with a report of 80mm falling in an hour late last week.
The police Waterwing and K9 units as well as rescue services resulted in six people being rescued from the Rietspruit dam area after becoming trapped in their homes.

Rietspruit , Free-state , South-africa , Vanderbijlpark , Gauteng , Loch-vaal , A-sa-air-force-oryx , Force-oryx , Homes , Emergency-services , Vaal