Heavy rainfall and gale-force winds since Sunday in South Africa's Western Cape led to the flooding of informal settlements that killed eight in two electrocution incidents.
reported, where people hook up their houses to existing power lines, despite being illegal.
The South African Weather Service said that a strong cut-off low pressure caused dangerous weather conditions Sunday in parts of the country. The Western and Eastern provinces experienced the brunt of the extreme weather with widespread flooding, very rough seas and damaging winds. Smith said that emergency services assisted six children trapped in three houses in Strand and evacuated them to a nearby fire station. Residents were evacuated from a retirement home in Somerset West, and 170 people were evacuated to a hall in Sir Lowry’s Pass Village. Emergency teams also assisted with evacuations from Faure and Sandvlei in Macassar.
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