The Western Cape has asked the National Disaster Risk Management Centre to declare this week’s extreme weather a provincial disaster which has affected 100,000 people in the City of Cape Town.
“We have a huge humanitarian situation to deal with and authorities are working together to address this,” local government, environmental affairs and development planning MEC Anton Bredell said on Friday.
“We have approached the National Disaster Risk Management Centre for a provincial disaster classification and expect an announcement soon.”
It was confirmed at a joint operations centre meeting on Friday that 100,000 people had been affected by flooding, wind and rain in Cape Town and 33,000 structures had been damaged.
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