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Areas of Cape Town have been severely flooded after a winter storm hit the province.
The storm made landfall on Thursday.
A second cold front is expected on Friday.
Several areas of Cape Town have been flooded, with some experiencing power outages as a winter storm lashes the province.
A cold front made landfall in the Western Cape on Thursday, resulting in rainy, cold and windy conditions as the weather system moves eastward to the rest of the country. A secondary cold front is expected to make landfall on Friday, bringing rain and light snow over parts of the Western Cape.
SAPS
Various areas in the Overberg experienced heavy flooding during the downpour.
The bad weather is expected to continue into the weekend.
A number of CapeNature reserves have had to close due to a winter storm sweeping across the Western Cape.
The heavy rains and strong winds resulted in flooding in many rural towns and, by Thursday, two people had died, two others had been reported missing and hundreds evacuated.
In Struisbaai, evacuations have been carried out since the storm hit the coastal town, with Gift of the Givers requested to supply humanitarian aid to affected residents.
SAPS members in the Southern Cape and Overberg are deployed in numbers to assist with disaster management and the rescue operation in areas affected by flooding and severe weather conditions
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A heavy storm hit the Western Cape, leading to flooding in some parts of the province.
Disaster management officials were on standby and received multiple reports of trapped people.
Residents in parts of the Cape Agulhas municipality were evacuated from their homes.
Disaster management officials in the Western Cape have asked the South African Air Force to be on standby to rescue people affected by flooding after a storm hit the province on Wednesday.
Colin Diener, the province s chief of disaster management, told News24 that they received several reports of people who were trapped as a result of the flooding.
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Two people died after their vehicle was caught in the flood during a winter sto
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The storm brought heavy rainfall to areas across the Overberg and Cape Winelands.
Aerial support, as part of relief efforts for a storm lashing the Western Cape, has been grounded due to the bad weather.
The storm hit the province on Wednesday morning.
It claimed the lives of two people in Bonnievale and caused significant damage and flooding in the Overberg, Southern Cape and Cape Winelands.
Colin Diener, the province s chief of disaster management, confirmed that an SANDF Oryx helicopter had been returned to base because of the inclement conditions.