Cape Town municipal workers were on Friday morning mopping up after heavy rains caused flooding across the city. Thursday’s rains, which came amid a dry spell and water restrictions for the city, saw certain roads become virtually impassable.
”Showers are predicted today [Friday] and another cold front is expected to approach by tomorrow [Saturday] evening,” said city disaster management coordinator, Geoff Laskey. He said the city was on a ”high level of alert”.
Laskey said the city, in conjunction with NGO’s such as the South African Red Cross and the Salvation Army, had fed about 13 000 people on Thursday evening.
Laskey said the worst hit areas included Masiphumelele near Kommetjie, Brown’s Farm, Langa, Nyanga, Gugulethu and Wallacedene.
He said no fatalities or injuries had been reported.
He said municipal workers were clearing the streets of debris, and that the Ou Kaapseweg had been closed because of rockfalls.
He said the city’s health department was assessing the needs of the affected communities and appealed to the public to help donate food, clothing and blankets.
Laskey said damage was conservatively estimated to have run into ”hundreds of thousands” of rands. – Sapa