Two hundred shacks were waterlogged and 500 residents were affected by heavy rains in Cape Town, the city's disaster management said on Sunday.
"We need to clarify that there was no flooding," said spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes.
"Informal settlements in Kanana, Gugulethu and the Cape Flats were waterlogged after the heavy rains hit the area yesterday [Saturday]," he said.
He said the problem was that people had dumped rubble in storm-water drains.
Disaster management cleared the drainage system and residents were back in their shacks on Sunday.
While no more rain was expected in Cape Town, there had been snowfalls on the Matroosberg Mountains in the Boland and cold weather was expected. - Sapa
"We need to clarify that there was no flooding," said spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes.
"Informal settlements in Kanana, Gugulethu and the Cape Flats were waterlogged after the heavy rains hit the area yesterday [Saturday]," he said.
He said the problem was that people had dumped rubble in storm-water drains.
Disaster management cleared the drainage system and residents were back in their shacks on Sunday.
While no more rain was expected in Cape Town, there had been snowfalls on the Matroosberg Mountains in the Boland and cold weather was expected. - Sapa
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