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Many houses, particularly in the surrounding townships and informal settlements, were  destroyed. Disease threats arose, including cholera, diarrhoea and influenza. The South  African Weather Service issued weather warnings of severe local flooding in the coastal  areas of the Eastern Cape a few days before the flood event. Unfortunately, there was a delay  in communicating the severe weather warning effectively to the public, relevant authorities  and role-players by local disaster management officials. In addition, there was poor and  ineffective local coordination of disaster response and relief efforts. This paper examines the  2012 flood event from both meteorological and disaster management perspectives, using a  combined qualitative and quantitative research approach. Findings point to a critical lack of  coordination amongst the various role-players before, during and after the disaster.  Recommendations for improved proactive and coordinated disaster risk management and  disaster risk reduction for the region are made.Keywords: Port Alfred; cut-off lows; floods; disaster management; disaster risk reduction; early warning<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/jamba.v8i1.207","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,4,26]],"date-time":"2016-04-26T09:29:29Z","timestamp":1461662969000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["The Port Alfred floods of 17\u201323 October 2012: A case of disaster (mis)management?"],"prefix":"10.4102","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Desmond M.","family":"Pyle","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tennielle 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