Storm mop-up and recovery operation under way in Western Cape
The province was battered by rains during the weekend
26 September 2023 - 19:33
Clear weather in large parts of the Western Cape on Tuesday allowed provincial government departments to begin a mop-up and recovery operation after long-weekend flooding, which provincial premier Alan Winde says was a one-in-a-century event.
Exceptionally heavy rainfall on Sunday and Monday caused several rivers to break their banks, destroying infrastructure, causing electricity outages and flooding homes and farmland in Greater Cape Town and the Overberg, Overstrand and Winelands regions...
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