Roads in many parts of the South African city of Johannesburg have been flooded after heavy rains on Friday morning.
The City of Johannesburg said “severe road infrastructural damage” has been reported across the city “with the Roodepoort and Soweto area severely impacted by extreme weather conditions”.
It said its roads agency had been “inundated with calls” amid damage to key road infrastructure including bridges.
The city’s authority has listed some of the areas that people should avoid for their own safety until the flooding water subsides.
#JHBTraffic Roodepoort collapsed road and bridge- areas to avoid #JoburgRoadSafety ^NB pic.twitter.com/9Rmk03AYKb
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) December 9, 2022
Local media report that train services were disrupted and there were power outages in some areas in the city in the aftermath of the storm.