Rain and storm for Cpt

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WATCH | Gale force winds, icy weather and gigantic swells: Cold front hits western and southern coast | News24

A cold front has hit the western and southern coasts, bringing with it gale force winds, icy weather and rough seas, with huge swells, that are expected to last the weekend.
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Offshore conditions likely to be brutal:
Marine forecaster and Wavescapes founder Steve Pike told News24 on Saturday that residents could expect to see massive swells on Saturday night and into Sunday morning. He estimated waves of around nine to 12 meters (30 to 40 foot), and some as high as 18 meters (60 foot) in certain areas.

"The storm behind the swell is a million square miles of wind. It's double the size of South Africa and it's coming right onto us," he said.

Because of this, the waves are likely to be of immense power and size. Pike suggested that ships or boats take shelter before conditions peak overnight.
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Various storm damage so far:
Cape Town's disaster risk management centre spokesperson, Charlotte Powell, said three dwellings were destroyed when a large tree was uprooted in Victoria Lodge informal settlement in Southfield.

"Two structures were damaged in Lotus Park, Gugulethu, also due to a tree that was uprooted. More large trees were uprooted across the City in the following areas: Wynberg , Plumstead, Fish Hoek and Retreat. These incidents are being attended to by the recreation and parks department. Power outages were experienced in Philippi, Steenberg, Fish Hoek, Kensington, Hout Bay Plumstead and Gugulethu. The electricity department will attend to all reported outages. Various roads across the city were flooded and these are being attended to by the transport directorate," Powell said.
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Wet onshore too:
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Gordon_R said:
500m walk from my flat.

Edit: Tempting to go and look, but likely to be rather hard to access (and wet!?)

Edit: Not sure if I qualify as a reported during lockdown, and perimeter will be cordoned off by now. I already reported on damage to our block!
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go Gordy
we need more photos
 
wow thats massive, thanx Gordon

"The storm behind the swell is a million square miles of wind. It's double the size of South Africa and it's coming right onto us," he said.
 
Papa Smurf said:
go Gordy
we need more photos
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Can't access the roof from outside, but I will go one better! Photo taken by me showing the roof support columns during construction in 2015:

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P.S,. Work done by Bruce Dundas Master Builders: http://www.brucedundas.co.za/portfolio/picknpay-rosmead/

Edit: Interior view: http://www.brucedundas.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pnprosmead3-1024x609.jpg

Edit: Reply from structural engineer living in our building:
I showed him - the roof didn’t collapse (as you can not see sky from inside ), the roof had leaked (how and why, may be a part of sheeting came undone in winds etc) , then the rain saturated the false/suspended ceiling and THAT, the ceiling boards and sub structure collapsed.

Ceiling substructure is not designed by engineers (as clients do not want to pay for that service). That substructure is put in place by ceiling subcontractors’ to carry their proprietary ceiling panels , lights etc
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Rainfall update, Kenilworth:
17mm this morning, 22mm after lunch, 39mm total for today (Sat 27th). Sun coming out now.

Dwarsberg mountain catchment:
15mm per hour between midday and 2pm.

Berg River Dam inflow increasing, 40m^/sec at lunchtime, level up 2% in last 36 hours:

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Source: http://www.dwa.gov.za/Hydrology/Unverified/UnverifiedDataFlowInfo.aspx
 
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