Weather & Science
South Africa Storms in Western Cape Cause Damage to 35,000 Homes
- City of Cape Town has also been hit by electricity outages
- Storms disrupted port operations and prompted school closures
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Storms that pounded South Africa’s Western Cape province have led to flood damage affecting more than 35,000 households in the city of Cape Town, Executive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said.
“We’ve got more than 35,000 families in the city who have suffered some kind of floods damage,” Hill-Lewis said in an interview on SAfm, a national radio station. “That could vary from ankle-deep water — relatively minor impact — to very severe with knee-deep or deeper water.”