Emergency services are still on high alert because of heavy rains in Johannesburg over the past few days.
Major floods caused a massive sinkhole in Centurion and knocked over trees in some residential areas.
The City of Joburg said that roads all over the city had been affected as well as informal settlements.
Three lanes on the M1 North were closed after a tree fell on the highway. Flooding was also reported on Leeuwkop and Rivonia roads.
Severe flooding has also been reported on Witkoppen Road and Fourways Boulevard. It began on Thursday night and continued until Friday morning.
Motorists have been urged to refrain from crossing flooded roads and bridges and use alternative routes instead.
??ALERT: FLOODING in PRETORIA NORTH due to HEAVY RAIN on Wednesday evening | ??R Glenewinkel pic.twitter.com/cgyxQmhXie
— Gauteng Weather (@tWeatherSA) March 21, 2018
Somewhere in thokoza #Flooding @ItsTheRealBizZ @bipzz @ChristoThurston pic.twitter.com/EFP8WhrYMf
— ??Ngwana Kgoshiie ?? (@edgar_monageng) March 23, 2018
“The City of Johannesburg’s Emergency Management Services will remain on high alert to make sure that we can be able to effectively respond to any emergency which might occur,” EMS spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said.
#Flooding
— Lesego Nko (@SegoNose) March 23, 2018
Flowers street capital park in #Pretoria pic.twitter.com/CESVgLOLCn
#Flooding The Hennops river is coming down strong in Centurion, several roads are closed due to flooding. CE pic.twitter.com/deMJLy6oeX
— Christa Eybers (@ChristaEybers) March 23, 2018
The South African Weather Service said that more than 50mm of rain was expected to fall in some areas.
“Heavy rain leading to localised flooding is expected in the eastern parts of the Free State‚ in places in North West‚ Gauteng‚ Highveld areas of Mpumalanga and in places in KwaZulu-Natal,” the weather service said.
#Flooding : Seeing images from Katlehong this morning. We call for all Emergency Services Stakeholders in RSA to be better prepared to deal with floods in Townships & Informal Settlements. To the communities affected, Please be vigilante and safeguard childrens during this time. pic.twitter.com/2AXjiFTYXW
— Township Brands (@TownshipBrands) March 23, 2018
So the current situation at my house now looks like this... This flood ?? #weather #flooding pic.twitter.com/4Gr8Yq8r3J
— Tshepiso Mabena (@Tshepi_11_) March 23, 2018