WATCH | Mop-up operations in Riverlands hampered by bad weather

Sunday 11 August 2024 – 07:45am

File: Drops of water, raindrops on a window.

CAPE TOWN – While humanitarian relief efforts and mop-up operations are continuing in Riverlands. 

Authorities say they’re closely monitoring a 4th dam amid concerns it might burst if the bad weather persists in the area.

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Houses, municipal infrastructure and buildings in the town have been damaged with some destroyed after a dam wall failed in the area early on Thursday morning.

Spokesperson for the West Coast Disaster Management Centre, Heinrich Robertson, spoke to eNCA.