{"id":57234,"date":"2026-09-27T20:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/flood-warning-for-the-dr2951-between-kamasies-and-rooifontein-northern-cape\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T20:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:30:12","slug":"flood-warning-for-the-dr2951-between-kamasies-and-rooifontein-northern-cape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/flood-warning-for-the-dr2951-between-kamasies-and-rooifontein-northern-cape\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood warning for the DR2951 between Kamasies and Rooifontein, Northern Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department cautions all road users that DR2951 between Kamasies and Rooifontein is currently inaccessible due to flash flooding.<\/p>\n<p>A strong and fast-flowing river has flooded the road, leaving the community temporarily cut-off from access to essential services.<\/p>\n<p>DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE FLOODED ROAD OR RIVER.<\/p>\n<p>Flash-flood conditions can change rapidly and are extremely dangerous. Even if the water level appears to be decreasing, the current may remain strong.<\/p>\n<p>The DRPW Namaqua Technical Team is currently installing warning signs and conducting a technical assessment to identify and establish a safe alternative access route.<\/p>\n<p>The Department is working closely with the Kamiesberg Municipal Technical Manager and the District Disaster Manager. The DRPW Rapid Response Team remains on standby and is monitoring the affected roads and conditions in the area.<\/p>\n<p>An alternative route will be communicated officially as soon as the technical assessment has been completed and a safe&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78735&#038;page=flood-warning-for-the-dr2951-between-kamasies-and-rooifontein-northern-cape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department cautions all road users that DR2951 between Kamasies and Rooifontein is currently inaccessible due to flash flooding. A strong and fast-flowing river has flooded the road, leaving the community temporarily cut-off from access to essential services. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE FLOODED ROAD OR RIVER. Flash-flood conditions can change rapidly and are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/825340317_1281515504049084_7107743004161607375_n%20(1).jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/825340317_1281515504049084_7107743004161607375_n%20(1).jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}