Informal settlements around the city, and the township of Khayelitsha, have been severely affected
Several areas of Cape Town were flooded on Thursday after heavy winter rains and gale-force winds battered the city, ripping off roofs from homes and damaging thousands of makeshift dwellings, officials said.
Several roads, including major highways, were flooded and there were concerns about rising water levels at dams. “Some are houses, some are structures… including informal settlements which have been badly affected,” he said. The Western Cape education department ordered dozens of schools across the city and other parts of the province to close on Thursday because of severe weather warnings in place until Friday.
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