The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Operations Centre says it has not received any significant reports on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning of damage or impacts related to the weather.
PICTURE: X - @DelmaineCotteeAccording to the municipality, more than 14 000 structures
have been impacted by varying degrees of flooding or wind damage.
‘’A lot of the flooding on roadways has subsided courtesy
of the break in the rain since late yesterday afternoon. Once reports are
received of flooding, the Disaster Risk Management Centre and Informal
Settlements Management branch deploy officials to conduct assessments, so that
requests for relief can be submitted to SASSA. Given the scale of the weather
impacts, these assessments do take some time to complete,’’ said Sonica
Lategan, City of Cape Town Disaster Risk Management.
Over the past two days, NGO partners including Gift of the
Givers, Ashraful Aid, Mustadafin, Islamic Relief, Alimdaad and the Warehouse
have facilitated soft relief including handing over more than 20 000 meals, 2
550 blankets and 2 450 beanies to affected communities in Khayelitsha, Lwandle,
Gugulethu, Philippi, Masiphumelele and Tafelsig, amongst others.
This amid a warning from the SA Weather Service of Level 8
disruptive rainfall for Thursday
Done By: Elona Sibunzi
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