The City of Cape Town is attending to various incidents impacted by the wet weather experienced across the metro
According to the municipality, numerous rivers and canals
are at capacity, with some bursting their banks of which Eersteriver in
Maccasar.
There is also reports of flooded roads across the metro
The SA Weather Service has issued a Level 6 disruptive rain
and Level 4 damaging winds, now extended to Thursday).
City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management spokesperson,
Sonica Lategan said, “In terms of humanitarian relief, assessments are ongoing
to determine the number of people affected. A number of humanitarian relief
agencies are assisting with soft relief, including Gift of the Givers, Ashraful
Aid, Islamic Relief, The Workshop, the Mustadafin Foundation and Alimdaad, in
the following areas: Khayelitsha, Lwandle, Nomzamo, Gugulethu, Philippi,
Masiphumelele, Philippi East, Mfuleni, Tafelsig and Vygieskraal.”
Done by: Sihle Jezile
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