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Durban storm death toll now at 8, may rise

The number of people who have died following heavy storms and flooding in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday has reached eight and could rise, provincial government departments said during a joint briefing. “We can confirm that eight people were killed as a result of the floods yesterday. There are those that are[…]

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#CapeTownStorm: 22 schools damaged

Twenty-two schools have been damaged so far by the storm battering the Western Cape, the provincial education department said on Wednesday. Roofs were blown off and falling trees broke fences, spokesperson Jessica Shelver said in a statement. More damages were expected and cleaning up would start on Thursday, she said.[…]

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Storm a warning SA is spiritually lacking

A violent storm that ripped through a marquee, where President Jacob Zuma was addressing the Reconciliation Day celebration in Gopane, near Zeerust, in North West on Friday, has left traditional healers and seers wondering why the gods displayed such wrath. “Anger is hard to hide. This is a sign of[…]

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Pylon collapses onto house in CT storm

Two people have died in road accidents and an Eskom pylon has collapsed on a house roof, as stormy weather continued to wreak havoc in Cape Town on Sunday. In the first incident, a woman died and another 11 were injured in an accident involving a taxi in Mitchell’s Plain,[…]

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No severe flooding, for now: City

The City of Cape Town has warned residents to continue to safeguard themselves from the onslaught of wet weather, after the first of two cold fronts hit the city on Tuesday night. – Has the rain affected you? Send us your eyewitness accounts and photos. Cape Town Disaster Management spokesperson[…]

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Vulnerable CT residents urged to ready for flooding

The City of Cape Town urged residents in low lying areas on Tuesday to put measures in place to reduce the risk of flooding. This followed a weather warning from the city’s disaster risk management centre. “With flooding expected in many regions of the Western Cape, including in the Cape[…]

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China braced for 2nd typhoon

China was bracing Wednesday for the arrival of a second typhoon in as many weeks, as communities along the country’s southern coast cleared away debris in the wake of the earlier storm that killed 46 people. Authorities in eastern Zhejiang province, south of Shanghai, ordered fishing boats to return to[…]

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