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Efforts are under way to restore the electricity supply to Citrusdal, after the West Coast town was cut off from the rest of the province for almost a week due to severe flooding.

Cederberg Municipality manager Gerrit Matthyse said the South African National Defence Force has sent in one of its helicopters to transport Eskom maintenance teams into the Citrusdal area, where assessments and attempts to restore the power will get underway.

"The chopper will transport Eskom officials to go and see the damage the floods caused to the Eskom infrastructure, for them to determine the extent of the damages and then to hopefully very soon start with the repair work." Colin Denier, head of the Western Cape's disaster management service, said aerial support would be active on Wednesday to transfer Eskom personnel and supplies to the town, in order to restore electrical supply to Citrusdal.

More than 400 residents had to be evacuated from informal settlements in Citrusdal, Wupperthal, Clanwilliam and Lambert's Bay due to the flooding.

 

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