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A man’s umbrella suffers the consequences of gale-force winds and heavy rain on the Sea Point promenade during a previous storm in Cape Town. File photo.Image: Esa Alexander/Sunday Times

Storm causes flooding in southern Cape and more rain is on the way

A storm that made landfall in the southern Cape earlier on Wednesday has caused severe localised flooding in Struisbaai‚ Cape Agulhas and surrounding areas. The SA Weather Service (SAWS) issued warnings for heavy rain over the City of…

FOUL WEATHER: An electrical pole in Ilitha township lays where it was knocked over during last week’s stormPicture: FACEBOOK

Storm wreaks havoc in BCM

The storm that struck BCM on Saturday left many people homeless while power cuts continue to upset residents in the affected areas. BCM’s communications department reported over the weekend of damaged infrastructure caused by the heavy…

STRIKE ONCE – This photo was taken in the early evening of Friday 30 November. Am extremely chuffed to have FINALLY caught a lightening flash on camera.

NATURAL PHENOMENON

HAVE YOU DIGITALLY CAPTURED something in or from nature that was strange or beautiful? If it was taken anywhere in South Africa, but particularly the Eastern Cape, you are invited to submit your photo’s to us at…

IN TATTERS Christina Sikhondo’s shack collapsed around her and her children. She was cooking pap for the kids when the rain started. Then hail and heavy winds tore down her homePicture: Simphiwe Nkwali

Tales of terror as ‘tornado’ tears through Vaal township

565 shacks destroyed, 1000 people displaced BY NOMAHLUBI JORDAAN Christina Sikhondo was busy preparing supper for her three children when her shack collapsed. It had been hit by a tornado that struck the small informal settlement of…

A screenshot of a container-laden ship that was blown into the Durban harbour mouth, blocking it. Image: Supplied
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How the storm caused havoc in Durban harbour

BY YASANTHA NAIDOO The storm that hit KwaZulu-Natal wreaked havoc in the Durban port on Tuesday with gale force winds blowing containers and cranes into the water. The harbour was closed after a container-laden ship‚ the MSC Innes‚ was…

Cape storms decimate starfish

The storms which have lashed the Western Cape have not only claimed the lives of people, but thousands of starfish too. The dead tiny sea creatures resembled a brown blanket spread across Sunrise Beach near Muizenberg where they were…

Roofs off‚ power down‚ roads closed … but not much rain: How the Cape’s big storm blew in

The “worst storm in living memory” began to unleash its fury on Cape Town early on Wednesday. Roofs were blown off in Strand‚ Kalkfontein‚ Delft‚ Mfuleni and Mandalay‚ according to the City of Cape Town. Two people were injured when a…