{"id":54871,"date":"2014-03-07T14:47:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T12:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=54871"},"modified":"2014-03-07T14:47:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T12:47:54","slug":"emergency-services-high-alert-heavy-rain-persists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/03\/07\/emergency-services-high-alert-heavy-rain-persists\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency services on high alert as heavy rain persists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Disaster and Emergency Management Services and other Ekurhuleni response agencies remain on high alert, ready to attend to calls for assistance, following a warning issued by the SA Weather Services of severe weather in Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p>Weather Services warned that heavy rains will persist until Sunday.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Already the response teams have attended to some areas, including Etwatwa, Daveyton and Tembisa, which were affected by the heavy rain yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens of Ekurhuleni are advised to take the following steps to prepare, prevent and mitigate the consequences of the heavy rains by:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 refraining from settling in the low lying areas;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 using sand sacks to channel flash flood water away from residential structures;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 digging canals that take water away from residential structures;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 avoiding crossing any low lying bridges and roads either on foot or in your vehicle;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 clearing any debris that may block storm water drains next to homes;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 using plastic or similar material to close the leaking roofs of your properties;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 advising children not to play in the flash-flood water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Residents should also ensure that they shelter their pets.<\/p>\n<p>The community can call the following emergency numbers for assistance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10177 (toll free line)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 112 (cellphone)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 011 458-0911 (Life Threatening Emergency Line)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 086 054 3000 (Services Emergency Line)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><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='8adc83a4252503bdddcc1ecf539b2904'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be careful in the rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":54870,"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":[1442,979,2734,3035,3036],"class_list":["post-54871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-ekurhuleni-emergency-services","tag-germiston","tag-melissa-hart","tag-rain","tag-safety-tips"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["ekurhuleni emergency services","germiston","melissa hart","rain","safety tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54871","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=54871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}