Cape Town gets most its of rain in the winter months – June, July and August – but after higher than average rainfall since March, more rain fell in the first six months of 2023 than in the whole of 2017. The impacts of high rainfall events like those that occurred in June have been getting worse as more people build homes in high-risk areas. A city official said that between 2020 and 2021, 189 informal settlements were created in Cape Town and 60% of them are considered high risk.