Large parts of South Africa have received heavy rains for weeks now, leading to rivers and dams bursting from their seams and flooding in some parts.
The Orange River in particular has been a hot topic as the Augrabies waterfalls are gushing, a wonderful sight to behold.
Vooilsdrift, a small town situated along the Orange River – known as one of the hottest places in South Africa – has also seen some unusually high water levels.
Augrabies Falls in full flood after the good rains. Picture: SANParks
Christine and Graham Bowles at Frontier River resort, a luxury tented camp along the Orange River said they are ‘amazed by the amount of water that flows past us on a daily basis.’
Picture: Frontier River Resort
Picture: Frontier River Resort
Picture: Frontier River Resort
‘With the river being so full it just seems to give so much more life to everything, the birds are more, there are Fish Eagles, it’s just spectacular. The whole place just seems to come alive,’ Christine said.
They mentioned that only one year ago in February, they had very high water levels from high rainfall in the South African interior too.
Picture: Frontier River Resort
On Saturday, January 8 Vanderkloof Dam was at 107% full, slowly dropping down from 111% recorded on New Year’s Day. Steve Moseley from Adventure Kayaking in Gariep let us know that they have postponed all river trips due to dangerous water levels. ‘By all accounts, there is still lots of rain and more water from upstream to come in the weeks ahead,’ Moseley said.
Take a look at some more videos of the Orange River shared by residents and visitors:
The mighty Orange river flood water under Upington bridge🥺 pic.twitter.com/ZFbiLzIKGI
— Itumeleng Seromo (@SlamShady_SA) January 10, 2022
ROAD CLOSURE| The Rosh Pinah, AussenkehrRroad (DR212) is closed due to flooding caused by the high water levels in the Orange River, following heavy rain in some parts of South Africa. pic.twitter.com/4c78tgfbt0
— nbcnews (@newsonnbc) January 5, 2022
FLOOD WARNING ALONG THE ORANGE RIVER
We received a report from RSA indication of flood warning for the downstream users on the lower Orange River due to dams (in RSA) that are full.
With the dams in SA full to capacity, there won’t be much room to absorb more flow..
1/2 pic.twitter.com/ZBlbIJFVNh
— MAWLR NAMIBIA (@MAWLR_Nam) January 6, 2022
#Orangeriver #flooding update 8 January 2022 #Kanoneiland bridge@BOSBEER2006 @DerLydia @HermanHmain @Caria_vdMerwe @cci_network @MambaBroodryk @RRespawned pic.twitter.com/xX5zpTxdkr
— SA emergency reports (@MARIUSBROODRYK) January 8, 2022
Augrabies Falls, wonderful pic.twitter.com/jci2y1g6Rf
— Fausto (@Fuzzisa) January 6, 2022
The Augrabies Falls in the Northern Cape is flooding leading to more tourists in the province. Over 9000 tourists flocked here this week. #SABCNews pic.twitter.com/gi2dOOmyN2
— katlehomorapela (@katlehomorapela) January 7, 2022
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