Eight electrocuted as torrential rain floods Cape Town
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00:00 Uprooted trees that have crushed everything beneath them.
00:04 Vehicles completely buried in mud.
00:07 The damage is just some of that caused by torrential rains
00:11 that devastated parts of South Africa's Western Cape over the weekend.
00:15 We're out of power, out of electricity
00:19 and it's going to be load shedding again now at 12.
00:22 So my personal take on this, it's like you're...
00:26 I just can't explain, man, how I feel personally
00:29 because I'm standing here in my friend's house and seeing this.
00:32 It's not a good picture for people to live in this.
00:36 The damage is out.
00:39 The carpets and the wardrobes of us,
00:45 everything is damaged, even the fridge.
00:49 Those living in children-rebuilt homes in poorer areas were particularly at risk.
00:55 An illegal connection to the power grid caused the fatal electrocution of eight people,
01:00 including four children.
01:02 Several people are also still missing.
01:04 Roads and bridges have been damaged in some areas and are still inaccessible.
01:09 About 1,500 structures and 6,000 people have been affected by the flooding.
01:15 Numbers that could rise.
01:16 South Africa has been warned.
01:18 More floodings are expected to come.