Western Cape Disaster Management: Storm damage less severe than last year

The Western Cape government has declared a State of Disaster due to the damage from last week’s storms.

Some rain is still expected this week, but it won’t be as heavy.

Diener says it will take a few days to fully assess the damage as the water levels are still so high.

Western Cape Disaster Management head, Colin Deiner:

“We have fortunately not seen the kind of destruction that we saw in the floods last year.”

The National Disaster Centre on Friday afternoon declared a provincial disaster, meaning the Western Cape can unlock funding and resources to respond.

About 96,000 people have been affected by the storms so far.

-EWN

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