Roofs blown off, trees uprooted as massive storm hits Cape
Roofs were blown off in Strand‚ Kalkfontein‚ Delft‚ Mfuleni and Mandalay‚ according to the City of Cape Town. Two people were injured when a roof blew off in Lavender Hill
See video and photographs of the storm so far: 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 roof blew off in Lavender Hill. An uprooted tree landed on a block of flats in Plumstead‚ but no one was hurt. Other trees came down in Durbanville‚ Delft and Plattekloof. The wind brought down electricity cables down in Athlone‚ Weltevreden Valley‚ Pelican Park‚ Schaapkraal‚ Goodwood‚ Boston and Parow Valley. Emergency shelters were opened after roofs and shacks were blown away in Hout Bay’s Imizamo Yethu and Macassar Village. Chapman’s Peak Drive between Noordhoek and Hout Bay was closed‚ there were reports of rockfalls on Clarence Drive between Gordon’s Bay and Rooi Els‚ and power failed at the Huguenot Tunnel‚ leading to a ban on heavy vehicles. A police vehicle overturned on Jakes Gerwel Drive in Paro...
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