Gariep Dam in Flood 2021

Amazing drone footage by Jaco van der Walt sent to us of Gariep Dam in Overflowing on Thursday 4 February 2021.
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[@elllelgbinovia2195]

Beautiful.

[@patriciabeard5521]

Magnificent!!

[@durbancraig]

Hi, would you mind if I used a few seconds of this video in my travel video? Will credit where due, Thx.

[@AfriWXSouthernAfricanWeather]

Hi Craig sure you may

[@carelendtimes4580]

This is not a flood. It is just above normal rain. The 6 spill ways is not even open yet. All 4 generators are running at full load since the dam reach 97%.

[@reneebrown3766]

Incredible feat of engineering, water so very precious. Would hope the power being generated from the falling waters are harnessed to produce energy?

[@sefutho]

I so wish I was there 😭

[@schlix101]

Does anyone know if any of the VAAL DAM sluices have been opened yet? Or will they leave them shut and let it spill over? Would be great to get some footage of that too, when it eventually does release. Imagine how high the Augrabies falls could get if the Vaal eventually joins the Orange River in flood. People better be careful downstream. I can understand that they would leave the Vaal dam sluices closed for as long as possible though: to give the Orange river some time to come down by as much as possible. A flooding Vaal River can cause havoc downstream if it where to join an already flooding Orange River.

[@felicitymabudusha4761]

Grt footage maar gaan skade maak!

[@PreachingChief]

Now imagine they used it to generate power... No loadshedding

[@mensilak]

who is they?

[@PreachingChief]

@@mensilak ok

[@mensilak]

@@PreachingChief Poor "Europeans Only " to " South African" hi hi hi hi hi hi

[@PreachingChief]

@@mensilak what on earth are you talking about?

[@truth-Hurts375]

@@PreachingChief You must be some sort of stupid if you cant figure it out ....

[@louisvv1]

Would have loved to hear the real sound coming from that, not a sound loop

[@AfriWXSouthernAfricanWeather]

Me too but the footage came without sound so did our best to give it some rumble

[@TheSairenSA]

@@AfriWXSouthernAfricanWeather Good enough for me :)

[@AfriWXSouthernAfricanWeather]

@@TheSairenSA Thanks so much Shaun