Overview
- Provincial authorities, which issued an update Thursday, said water is receding in places and more roads are reopening under the Joint Operations Centre.
- Health officials have confirmed 10 storm-related deaths across the Western Cape.
- Flooding has displaced more than 2,000 people in the Cape Winelands, with Breede Valley sheltering hundreds in five halls and Cape Town reporting over 84,000 informal-settlement residents in need.
- Controlled releases dropped Clanwilliam Dam to 89% from 103%, while the Breede River peaked at 1,989 cubic metres per second this morning, keeping downstream flood risk high.
- Power has been restored to Wolseley and Tulbagh, work in Ceres continues, and rescue teams planned helicopter support for cut-off communities near Rawsonville.