At least 5 dead as storm sweeps through Cape Town

Wednesday, 07 June 2017, 15:06
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At least 5 dead as storm sweeps through Cape Town
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NATIONAL NEWS - Five fatalities have been reported in the Western Cape as a violent storm sweeps through the province.

The spokesperson for the local government, environmental affairs and development planning, James-Brent Styan, has confirmed five people were killed because of the inclement weather – four of them in a fire.

The four people were electrocuted on Wednesday morning when power lines collapsed onto their home.
 
A man was also killed when a home collapsed on him in Lavender Hill.

Styan said the city did all it could.
 

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