Floods in Cape Town

Over the past few days, our home city has been hit by some serious flooding. This is not the same as flooding experienced every winter, yet I was shocked to see how tv news downplayed the flooding. As it happens every year, the informal settlements were unfortunately hit hardest. But this time, areas on higher ground (above the "50 year flood line"), were also under water. See this News24 webpage to view what actually has been going on: http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/10590f7986710e41406db158755805b03f6b/12-07-2009%2011-07/Storm_batters_Cape_Town_ (copy and paste into your browser).