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LEARN7: Cape Town Flooding Ushahdi
Cape Town is 350 years old. It is an isolated city that hugs the furthest tip of Africa. It is far from Europe and Asia, whose people established it, far even from Pretoria, whose apartheid government forced segregation upon it and whose new government would like to see it become more 'African'.
To this beautiful place tourists come in large and increasing numbers. It is a celebrated city, with wonderful places and great lifestyle, where many of Africa's leading institutions, like the University of Cape Town, are located and where the world's first heart transplant was performed. Yet the legacy of apartheid is evident in deep poverty and social problems.
Climate change is a hot topic. Just north of Cape Town the land is semi-desert, and only the winter months give the mountains of the Cape the rainfall required for its large and growing population. Could changing weather patterns turn the Cape into an arid region?
Furthermore, much of the population lives on the 'Cape Flats', a sandy area not much higher than sea level. There have been times in history when the Cape Flats and Fish Hoek Valley have been beneath the oceans, and the peninsula reduced to two islands off the African coast. Could global warming flood the Cape Flats, displacing perhaps two million people? Will high walls be needed to protect the city?
Breaking News 2020!
The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre is closely monitoring a well developed cold front warning issued by the South African Weather Service at the Cape Town International Airport. The severe weather associated with this weather system has been tied down with the following warnings which have been issued during the course of the past week:
•Gale-force westerly winds (35kts, 65km/h) are expected in places over the Western Cape Province during today
•Rough sea conditions with swells in excess of 5 metres are expected to set in from this afternoon, spreading from Lamberts Bay to Cape Agulhas.
•Heavy falls of rain in excess of 50mm are also expected.
•Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected to set in over the western parts of the Western Cape Province.
•Snowfalls possible on the western high-ground of the Western Cape.
Members of the public should also avoid going close to piers and promenades on the coastal zones of the Atlantic Seaboard, Sea Point/Mouille Point area, the False Bay coastline and Strand/Gordon’s Bay area. The Disaster Risk Management Centre is co-ordinating with the relevant role-players regarding preparedness for this weather warning. Disaster response teams can be activated city-wide and are ready to be deployed to support disaster response and recovery operations.
Residents can reduce their vulnerability to flooding by implementing the following tips:
* Check that the drainage system on your property is not blocked
* Raise the floor level of your house to be higher than the land outside
* Move to higher ground if you stay in a flood-prone area
* Dig furrows around the house to divert water away from the home
* Report any blocked drains, intakes and illegal dumping
* Waterproof roofs
* Clear gutters, down-pipes and furrows
* Remove dead branches from trees
* Secure furniture that can be blown over or damaged by the wind.
Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre is also in contact with Ushahidi is a Platform allows anyone to gather distributed data via SMS, email or web and visualize it on a map or timeline. They will be identifying the following on the map:
- Nearest Possible Hospitals and Clinics
- Where the closest high ground level are is.
- Community Centers
- Tented Camp sites for people without a house
- Local Soup Kitchens
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Comment by Chelsea Howe on April 24, 2010 at 7:43pm
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I have a friend from the Maldives who is facing these same issues - though perhaps it is not as bad since everyone's agreed that the sinking of the Maldives is inevitable, whereas this could happen without warning. Thanks for the share.
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Comment by Cian Gregory Accuardi Shelley on April 24, 2010 at 8:55pm
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nice post
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Comment by Michele Baron on April 26, 2010 at 4:58am
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an island off japan sank just last month. without significant changes, more topographies will be significantly altered as the climate evolves
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