Damage from Cape storms could run into millions of rands - Hill-Lewis

CAPE TOWN - Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the damage caused by the recent stormy weather in the Mother City could cost millions of rands.

Municipalities are still busy tallying up the cost of the damage to infrastructure, following heavy rains in the Western Cape.

The Mayor said more than 3,000 people's homes in Cape Town, mostly across informal settlements were severely damaged.

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More than 100 trees were uprooted, causing a lot of damage to infrastructure like light poles. 
 
Hill-Lewis said the city was busy trying to help all those people affected by the recent inclement weather.

"In terms of financial costs it's difficult to say. Of course, with all those trees, fences, lights, and so on that are broken, some roof structures at the Gordon’s Bay traffic centre, the roof flew off, at the Strand traffic centre as well.

"That damage will be many millions, but it is all manageable, the thing that is difficult is the human impact, people who have lost their homes."