South Africa Reeling from Heavy Rains, Snow and Tornadoes

KwaZulu-Natal has been affected by severe weather, including heavy rains, damaging winds, and two tornadoes. More than 1,200 people were displaced, and at least 10 were killed during flooding in the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces.

Snowfall covered parts of the country, including the Free State, Northern Cape, and Eastern Cape. Cape Town also faced heavy rainfall, resulting in flooded roads.

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Families came to sift through the debris of what remains of their home in eMagwaveni. Trees were stripped of their branches, roofs were ripped off houses, and household items were strewn across people’s yards by extreme storm winds that ripped through oThongati in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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