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The Namakwa District Municipality will convene a special council meeting on Monday to declare it a disaster area, after at least four people died in flooding over the past week.
Heavy downpours have wreaked havoc in the valley for the past two weeks, in which one business in Paarl’s industrial area alone lost at least R8 million in damages.
More rain is forecast this week and dam levels already look significantly better than this time last year.
The Drakenstein Municipality has denied all claims that major flooding took place in the Paarl-Wellington Valley due to “poorly planned” developments, and “inadequate” municipal stormwater system.
Beekeepers in flood-affected parts of the Western Cape are reporting major losses due to the recent heavy rains. Beehives have been overwhelmed by rivers that have burst their banks or simply been washed away by torrents of water.