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Strong winds and heavy rain have left at least one person dead in South Africa's coastal Western Cape province, which includes Cape Town, officials reported Monday.
Heavy winds also fanned wildfires in the Glencairne area in Cape Town, where at least eight houses were gutted, according to a local representative. Storms and strong rainfalls battering the province Western Cape, which includes the country's second-largest city have left at least one person dead.
Mop-up operations are underway in the Cape after parts of the province were lashed by violent storms overnight and during the day.
At least one person has died as storms with heavy rain and strong winds batter the South African coastal province of Western Cape, which includes Cape Town. The severe weather led to the closure of schools and highways mainly in the Cape Winelands, Overberg and West Coast regions where damage to houses, roads and public infrastructure was reported. Officials remain on high alert for more extreme weather on Monday. The South African Weather Services issued a high alert for the Western Cape area and warned of other extreme conditions and possible flooding in other parts of the country including ...
Twenty-six Western Cape schools have so far reported weather-related damage as a major storm continues to ravage much of the province, the Western Cape government reported on Monday.