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South Africa: Thousands homeless as floods sweep Cape Town
Mon. July 07, 2008 07:25 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. -
(SomaliNet) Torrential rain lashing the Western Cape has left at least one person dead in Citrusdal and thousands homeless on the Cape Flats.
A report said the City of Cape Town is trucking food and blankets to ease the misery.
Philippi, on the Cape Flats, was hit hardest with thousands of houses flooded in the Kosovo, Pola Park, Boys Town and Never Never areas, a source said.
On the West Coast, rain hit the Citrusdal district hard. A bridge across the Olifants River was washed away, taking with it a man who returning home from visiting his girlfriend on Saturday night.
Solly Barends, Citrusdal police commissioner said the man was swept into bushes and drowned. His body had been recovered.-Cape Argus
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