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KZN deploys graders, emergency shelter as cut-off low triggers Snow and flood fears
['Faizel Patel', 'Senior Journalist']
The Citizen
More than 170 rooms at Montclair Lodge have been secured to shelter families left destitute.
The province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is bracing for severe weather as MEC for Transport and Human Settlements Siboniso Duma mobilises emergency teams to tackle heavy snowfall and potential flooding.
Graders have been deployed to clear snow before it reaches dangerous levels above 30cm, while more than 170 rooms at Montclair Lodge have been secured to shelter families left destitute.
‘Low pressure’Duma says transport and human settlement teams will respond “with agility” to the cut-off low-pressure system threatening the province.
Picture: KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Transport and Human Settlements.