Cape Town – Heavy rains in Cape Town and parts of the Eastern Cape caused widespread destruction, leaving several areas without electricity on Saturday.
In Gordon’s Bay, high tide swept away cars, causing panic among residents. Torrential rains led to overflowing rivers and incidents of vehicles being carried away by freak waves.
Cape Town – Gordon’s Bay: Freak waves around the Cape coastline pic.twitter.com/TEqZkvOfIn
— TrafficSA (@TrafficSA) September 16, 2023
Near-drowning incidents were reported in Sandy Bay and Three Anchor Bay, IOL reported.
In Gqeberha, caravans and structures at Mangolds Pool Resort were compromised. Fortunately, there were no reported fatalities in both provinces.
The City of Cape Town mentioned that vandalism and theft contributed to the power outage affecting multiple areas.
16 September 2023- Power faults being attended to
The City is attending to the following area outages caused primarily by vandalism and theft, weather damage and load-shedding: pic.twitter.com/ivDOj6gAGf— City of Cape Town (@CityofCT) September 16, 2023
Restoration efforts are underway, but high service request volumes are causing delays.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
