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TonyW
 Post subject: The January 2012 Kruger Flood in Pictures
Unread postPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:18 am 
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Hi all,
I have just received this low res photo via cell phone (taken morning of 18 Jan 2012)

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wildtuinman
 Post subject: Re: Is Kruger Flooding?
Unread postPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:57 am 
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Niall Perrins kindly pointed me to this photo.

http://yfrog.com/mnpzmiwj

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wildtuinman
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
Unread postPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:24 am 
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Here goes:

Courtesy Candi de Villiers.

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wildtuinman
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
Unread postPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:25 am 
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twigga
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
Unread postPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:47 am 
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Wow, amazing images :big_eyes:

Just receive from family member who has family working in Kruger.

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Sabie Rivier 1 by twigga2011, on Flickr

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DuQues
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
Unread postPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:47 pm 
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Photo by Lisa Soine.

Komatiepoort this morning.

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bert
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
Unread postPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:01 pm 
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Newspaper The Lowvelder gallery of the flood


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DinkyBird
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
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Photos on News24 ... they came here to get :wink:

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TonyW
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
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Here is a photo sent to me by my cousin (one hour ago) via cellphone of the Crocodile river near Croc bridge.

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cheetah2111
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
Unread postPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:32 pm 
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http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/co ... nuary-2012

Look here Safari Gal :shock:

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spargish
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
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Lower Sabie, got the pic from twitter

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ecojunkie
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
Unread postPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:57 pm 
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OK I am safely back and uploaded photos so will post them now

First is from LS deck, then bridge below LS, then ellie on road, then Sunset dam followed by Lubyelubye bridge, followed by high level bridge and ellie again.

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ecojunkie
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
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ecojunkie
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
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DinkyBird
 Post subject: Re: Kruger is flooding
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Pics from Rodgerh, supervisor at Tsendze:

Letaba low water bridge
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