Cape Town Had Record Rainfall in July as Storms Battered City
- Weather station near city center recoded 317.6 mm of rain
- Heavy downpours displaced thousands of shantytown residents
Automobiles on a flooded road in Cape Town, South Africa, on July 11.
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Cape Town had the most most rainfall on record in July as a series of winter storms battered South Africa’s second-biggest city.
The Oranjezicht station, near the city center, recorded 317.6 millimeters (12.5 inches) of rain in the month, the highest since records began in 1960 and two-and-a-half times the July average, the South African Weather Service said. The city’s Kirstenbosch Gardens on the slopes of Table Mountain received more than 500 millimeters, while 619.2 millimeters fell on the nearby town of Franschhoek.