Crazy Storm in Durban
Hey guys been seeing all the immense damage from afar, how are things on the ground?
some of the scary visuals going around
N2 in the south of the city near old airport
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Ship blocking the harbour entrance
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Car repair centre in Chatsworth
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King Edward Hospital
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Sarnia Road in the South of Durban
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The mess of boats in the Durban yacht mole
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A harbour crane blown into the water
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some of the scary visuals going around
N2 in the south of the city near old airport
Ship blocking the harbour entrance
Car repair centre in Chatsworth
King Edward Hospital
Sarnia Road in the South of Durban
The mess of boats in the Durban yacht mole
A harbour crane blown into the water
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The weather bureau says in the past 24 hours 125mm has fallen in South Durban
1st full day back in Durbs after almost 6 weeks away. What a welcome! Eish! Devastation everywhere. My parked car was almost levelled by a fallen paw-paw tree. This kind of rain should have fallen in dam catchment areas (Albert Falls Dam, Inanda Dam etc). Even better, this kind of rain should have fallen in the Cape!
Collapsed walls, overturned trees, washed away or stranded cars everywhere. We haven't experienced something like this for a long time! Lives have been lost and damage will amount to tens of millions.
Collapsed walls, overturned trees, washed away or stranded cars everywhere. We haven't experienced something like this for a long time! Lives have been lost and damage will amount to tens of millions.
That wasn't in Durbs. Prob up in Gauteng somewhere...
Heard that the weather station at the Old Airport received 108mm which is a record figure for 24 hours.The weather bureau says in the past 24 hours 125mm has fallen in South Durban
South of Durban took that biggest brunt of this. I live in Pinetown and work in Umhlanga and whilst it was somewhat scary it was just a very heavy rain storm at the end of the day for us.. for those in the South it was downright mentally scary.1st full day back in Durbs after almost 6 weeks away. What a welcome! Eish! Devastation everywhere. My parked car was almost levelled by a fallen paw-paw tree. This kind of rain should have fallen in dam catchment areas (Albert Falls Dam, Inanda Dam etc). Even better, this kind of rain should have fallen in the Cape!
Collapsed walls, overturned trees, washed away or stranded cars everywhere. We haven't experienced something like this for a long time! Lives have been lost and damage will amount to tens of millions.
was on news24 as in durbs, but anything possibleThat wasn't in Durbs. Prob up in Gauteng somewhere...
The south is more low lying so i am sure that contributes with the rivers through it. but seems its drainage infrastructure is lacking?Heard that the weather station at the Old Airport received 108mm which is a record figure for 24 hours.
South of Durban took that biggest brunt of this. I live in Pinetown and work in Umhlanga and whilst it was somewhat scary it was just a very heavy rain storm at the end of the day for us.. for those in the South it was downright mentally scary.
I hear today its expecting more strong winds?
Yeah, News24 even confirmed the story that the bridge was going to collapse so they're not all that reliable on that front.was on news24 as in durbs, but anything possible
The footage of the hail hitting the pool was from Durban (it was widely shared on social media in the *immediate* aftermath of the Durban storm, not the Jhb storm, which occurred a day earlier) and was even covered by UK media as SA/UK cricketer, Kevin Pietersen (who is from Durban) was caught up in the hail storm and posted pics of the hail soon after....That wasn't in Durbs. Prob up in Gauteng somewhere...
See: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...orms-South-Africa-Kevin-Pieterson-hail-stones
And as of yet, absolutely NOBODY can come up with a definitive location.The footage of the hail hitting the pool was from Durban (it was widely shared on social media in the *immediate* aftermath of the Durban storm, not the Jhb storm, which occurred a day earlier) and was even covered by UK media as SA/UK cricketer, Kevin Pietersen (who is from Durban) was caught up in the hail storm and posted pics of the hail soon after....
See: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...orms-South-Africa-Kevin-Pieterson-hail-stones
It was Cowies Hill, then Toti, then the Bluff etc etc... there is no source for the video, so social media is unfortunately not a great determiner of whether its true or not...
And the picture he posted of the hail stones is a KNOWN fake in terms of hail in SA.. it was from a storm in central Mississippi in 2013.
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