Disaster response teams in the City of Cape Town have intensified relief efforts after heavy rains battered several informal settlements on the Cape Flats this weekend. Browns Farm, Kosovo and Crossroads are some of the areas hardest hit by floods.
The disaster team's spokesperson, Charlotte Powell, says they're busy mopping up and at this stage there are about 29 informal settlements, 697 structures and 1900 people affected by the storm. “The relief agencies continue to provide humanitarian relief in terms of blankets, clothing and food. Disaster management remains on high alert for any other contingencies,” says Powell.
Cape Town mayor, Dan Plato, has promised to relocate informal dwellers who squat in flood-prone areas on the Cape Flats. He said this will be done after consulting the affected communities. Plato has visited Khayelitsha's BT section yesterday which has been hardest hit by floods.
- SABC
The disaster team's spokesperson, Charlotte Powell, says they're busy mopping up and at this stage there are about 29 informal settlements, 697 structures and 1900 people affected by the storm. “The relief agencies continue to provide humanitarian relief in terms of blankets, clothing and food. Disaster management remains on high alert for any other contingencies,” says Powell.
Cape Town mayor, Dan Plato, has promised to relocate informal dwellers who squat in flood-prone areas on the Cape Flats. He said this will be done after consulting the affected communities. Plato has visited Khayelitsha's BT section yesterday which has been hardest hit by floods.
- SABC
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