{"id":137850,"date":"2016-11-09T22:12:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T20:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=137850"},"modified":"2016-11-10T11:05:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T09:05:20","slug":"two-dead-after-flashflood-on-n3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/11\/09\/two-dead-after-flashflood-on-n3\/","title":{"rendered":"Two dead after flash flood on N3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EMER-G-MED paramedics, as well as paramedics from other services are attending to a serious flash flooding incident on the N3 highway in Linksfield.<\/p>\n<p>Upwards of 150 cars, over a stretch of two kilometres were affected.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>It is believed that upwards of 10 cars have been pushed off the highway and down an embankment, some have been completely submerged in the river.<\/p>\n<p>According to EMER-G-MED at this stage it is believed that two people have died due to drowning, it is unclear whether there are further fatalities.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>EMER-G-MED paramedics are attending to multiple patients with minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Search and rescue teams are still combing the area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='6317a5f2edbb929b72efc1d9523d1d01'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramedics work tirelessly to help those affected by flashfloods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":137844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[6437,12872,969,12873,2734,6596,3035,994],"class_list":["post-137850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-emer-g-med","tag-flashfloods","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-linksfield","tag-melissa-hart","tag-n3-highway","tag-rain","tag-storm"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Emer-G-med","flashfloods","germiston city news","linksfield","melissa hart","N3 highway","rain","storm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}