*Heavy rain over the last 24 hours has blocked roads and disrupted traffic in South Africa’s drought-hit Cape Town, city officials said on Thursday.*
The first winter downpour will slightly replenish dams dried by the region’s worst drought in a century, a dry spell that has scorched farms and hit the tourism sector.
“Give me a spade please. and then I woke up. When I woke up and opened this door the water was running like a river down here,” said Henry Adams, resident of Overcome Heights.
“W…
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