SEE: 1987 Natal floods exactly like 2022 floods. Why has nothing infrastructurally changed?
The floods back then also destroyed KZN infrastructure and left it in shambles.
The beauty of journalism is that it truly leaves a mark in history that you can always revisit.
Thanks to Tarah Van Wyk's father; he saved the Sunday Tribune from 1987 which documented the floods in KZN back then.
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The booklet is a photographic recollection of all the different ways the floods in KZN had destructed the province.
They have:
- Transport Trouble which is exactly what we saw at the beginning of these floods. Vehicles drowned, washed away and crushed by buildings.
- Troubled Waters we have seen at the different beaches, Umgeni River and other vast water facilities that have somehow been affected in terms of overflow.
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- Bridges and Roads - a lot of our bridges are either filled with with sand, flooded or broken down due to these recent floods.
- Industry Standstill we also saw as certain businesses could not operate due to the weather.
- Home Truth is a category that hits home because of the way people's homes and livelihoods are still negatively by weather conditions even today.
Have a look below at the 1987 Natal floods exactly like 2022 floods:
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You can only wonder if things are the way they are because we have no control over the weather or infrastructure needed to be strengthened after the 1987 floods' catastrophic effects.
Main Image Courtesy: Tarah Van Wyk/Mike V