Cape Town storm floods 150 homes
The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Team says heavy rain has already resulted in at least 150 homes being flooded.
|||Cape Town – By late afternoon on Friday, a heavy rain storm in Cape Town had resulted in the flooding of at least 150 homes, the City’s Disaster Risk Management (DRM) team said.
The DRM’s Charlotte Powell said the flooded house were in two of the city’s townships Khayelitsha with 100 dwellings affected in the BM Section and 50 dwellings in Marcus Harvey, Philippi by around 5pm.
Roofs had also been blown off by the westerly winds of some 36 knots. Areas affected were again Philippi, Schaapkraal, Lavender Hill, Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay, Masiphumelele - most of which are regarded as entirely low-income areas.
Trees had also been uprooted in Constantia, Belhar, Delft, Kloofnek, Fish Hoek, Wynberg, and Glencairn.
Power lines had also been affected by the storm, taking down ones in Retreat and property had been damaged in Kensington and Wetton as a result of flooded roads.
Powell said the City’s Roads and Stormwater, Electricity, and the Parks and Forests departments were all attending to the incidents.
African News Agency
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