Cyclone Irina in Kwazulu-Natal over the past weekend

Durban residents were left homeless over the weekend because of storm Irina. The streets were over flooded with water and the homes washed away. That's how powerful the cyclone was. Some people were expecting something big, so after this weekend they are describing the Irina as the tropical storm even though it is still a treat policeman warned.



A flooded house in durban during Irina.(www.googleimage.com)

The M4 was closed at the La Mercy bridge and traffic was diverted to Beach Road as the lagoon level rose. The weather system was likely to remain over open water between Maputo and Richards Bay for the next 24 hours, according to the national joint operational centre. The centre is co-ordinating the response to the storm. "A combination of very rough seas, marine storm surge, as well as gale-force winds are likely to threaten" the coastline during this time, said police spokesperson Colonel Vishnu Naidoo.

 In the Northern Kwazulu-Natal, four men were reportedly missing but they were later found. The counsells in the areas in Durban told everybody that was staying in the shacks or near the riversides to evacuate because of fears that their homes might collapse. The residents were not happy about this arrangement in such a way that not everybody that was told to evacuate did as told. They remained in their yards and re-built they houses to make them strong. A forecaster at the SA Weather Service Durban office, Wesani Maluleke, said that since the heavy rains started on Saturday night, some parts of the province had received more than 100mm of rain. “The storm seems to be moving more south-east during the week ahead, only affecting the coastal parts of KZN. The rain is currently widespread across the province. There has been assurance that by Monday the affected sides will experiance less rain than what they experianced on weekend. 

Cyclone caused heavy rain.(www.googleimage.com)

The provincial Government was busy organising temporally housing for the families who were on the streets.  The pattern of the storm seems to be moving away from the South African coastline, but there is a 60 percent chance of rain on Friday,” Maluleke said. Will this Irina ever end or end up taking innocent lives, bread winners or community leaders? let us see what happens by the end of the week.


click the link below to see what really happened in Kwazulu-Natal during the storm.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPdkMnc5SsA&feature=related