The SA Weather Service has issued an advisory for level 5 damaging winds for today, which can potentially cause damage to formal and informal housing structures, electrical and communication infrastructure and uprooting of trees.
Since our last update, additional reports were received via our Disaster Operations Centre of flooded roadways in Uitsig and Silversands, as well as flooding in Kosovo informal settlement in Philippi, and damage to the roof of a house in Hanover Park.
We have received reports of road closures on Victoria Road between the N2 and Link Road in the Somerset West area as well as Price and Schoonstat in the Constantia area.
Govan Mbeki and Duinefontein Road is flooded in both directions and both lanes were closed.
We also have reports of a tree across the roadway on Plateau Road at the entrance to Cape Point and Redhill as well as on Princess Ann and the M3 in Rosebank, where a tree has fallen on a vehicle. No injuries were reported.
Reports have been received of a flooded road next to Old Mutual Head Quarters on the corner of Jan Smuts Drive and Mutual Way. The water is rising, putting an electricity kiosk at risk of flooding.
City departments are still busy with mopping up operations across all affected areas.
Radio Tygerberg has started a blanket drive and has three thousand blankets, which they will deliver to humanitarian relief organisations in affected communities.
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