Durban - DESPITE the devastating floods in 2017, eThekwini Municipality was still unprepared for the storms which lashed the metro this week. At least 64 people died and more than 1000 were displaced when their homes were destroyed.
Ngubane stressed eThekwini was unable to distribute early flood warnings because only the SA Weather Services was mandated to do so. The municipality’s interim storm damage report stated only 171 to 200 calls reached its call centre, while 1264 people could not get through. “This should be an eye-opener - we have to expand the capacity of our disaster centre. We planned for a small fire rather than such massive damage. We will ask for more funds to expand the centre’s capacity because of climate change,” said Peer.
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