Eastern Cape battered by extreme weather conditions

Over the past few months, the Eastern Cape has been battered by extreme weather conditions that have left thousands displaced and still scrambling to rebuild their homes.

These included dry and windy conditions that fuelled a widespread fire that ravaged parts of the Kouga municipality and the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro. And most recently, a winter storm, that saw residents consider history to compare severity.

Again the Kouga region was hit hard but also the Kou-Kamma municipality and the Nelson Mandela Bay metro.

Farmers and residents across the Kou-Kamma and Kouga municipal areas are now counting the cost, as mop-up operations continue.

Our reporter Nandipha Plaatjie filed this report.

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