{"id":137939,"date":"2016-11-11T11:48:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T09:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=137939"},"modified":"2016-11-11T13:24:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T11:24:25","slug":"what-to-do-when-driving-in-heavy-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/11\/11\/what-to-do-when-driving-in-heavy-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do when driving in heavy rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Floods, vehicle and property damage are the aftermath of the storm that lashed parts of Gauteng and Ekurhuleni on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In light of the sudden heavy rain, motorists are urged to be careful on the road.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Heavy rain in Germiston\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WXH7b67xLbA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>A few tips to help you stay safe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep a safe driving distance.<\/li>\n<li>Drive with your head-lights on.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid speeding in the rain.<\/li>\n<li>If possible, park your vehicle under shelter and avoid driving in heavy rain.<\/li>\n<li>The best way to avoid being caught inside your car is to avoid water on the road all together.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t drive into a flooded bridge or road, if possible, try a different route.<\/li>\n<li>Listen to the radio for traffic and flood updates so as to know which routes to avoid.<\/li>\n<li>For your own safety don\u2019t stay in a car that may get flooded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you might e interested in reading:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/137943\/another-storm-hits-ekurhuleni\/\">Another storm hits Ekurhuleni<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/137916\/the-lighter-side-of-flooding\/\">The lighter side of flooding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/137910\/thunderstorm-flooding-leaves-disaster-in-its-wake\/\">Thunderstorm, flooding leaves disaster in its wake<\/a><\/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='4406d3455483daadc5b3de3766f2efd7'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safety tips to help you when driving in heavy rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":552,"featured_media":137941,"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":[6122,9377,5660,5405,12890,1106,979,969,5406,12891,1277,2749,3035,12889,12888,3642,12887,12892],"class_list":["post-137939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-driving-tips","tag-flash-floods","tag-flooding","tag-floods","tag-floods-in-germiston","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-heavy-rain","tag-heavy-rain-in-germiston","tag-local-news-2","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-rain","tag-raining","tag-tips-to-help-you-drive-safely","tag-weather","tag-weather-report","tag-what-to-do-when-driving-in-the-rain"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["driving tips","flash floods","flooding","floods","floods in Germiston","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","heavy rain","heavy rain in Germiston","local news","Puleng Sekabate","rain","raining","tips to help you drive safely","weather","weather report","what to do when driving in the rain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137939","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\/552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}