Cape town weather
WC counts cost of storm damage; dam levels gain from heavy rain
The latest cold snap made landfall late Sunday night, causing flooding across parts of the city.
The Zwelitsha informal settlement on a flood plain in Dunoon has been completely flooded.
Flooding has been reported in various informal areas in and around Cape Town, as heavy rain and gale force winds pummeled parts of the Cape since Thursday.
Ahead of the cold front, strong winds are expected in places across the provincial interior.
The weather service says the cold in the Western Cape will be accompanied by heavy rainfall.
Following two days of heavy rain, more than 3,600 informal structures have been affected by floods across the city.
Around 3,000 homes were affected by flooding in the City of Cape Town metro.
The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre said residents had been affected in the Masiphumelele, Imizamo Yethu, and Makhaza informal settlements.
The South African Weather Service has advised of strong winds and heavy rainfall overnight.
Gale force winds and localised flooding can be expected as a cold front approaches.
It’s been a miserable night for many Capetonians after heavy rains caused havoc on the roads and in some neighbourhoods.
The South African Weather Service is warning of heavy rains and thundershowers across South Africa throughout the weekend.
The winter cold snap brought with it hail, heavy downpours and snowfall in the high-lying areas of the Boland and parts of the Cederberg.
Heavy rainfall is expected over Cape Town and the Grabouw area between 4h00 and 11h00.
This follows a cold front which brought freezing weather last week but has moved out of the province.
Heavy rains bucketing down, gale force winds and icy temperatures are some of the elements Capetonians had to endure since the weekend.
Capetonians dodge puddles and cold weather as downpours are expected.
Several informal settlements in Khayelitsha, Strand, Langa, Strandfontein, Philippi, Kensington and Atlantis were hit hard by the inclement weather.
The weather service has warned of potential flooding, accompanied by gale force winds as a cold front prepares to hit the Cape Peninsula.