/ 23 February 1999

FREAK STORM IN ALICE

A FREAK storm, which swept through Alice in the Eastern Cape on Sunday afternoon, left at least one person dead and three others injured, television news reported on Monday. Over 188 households were destroyed and uprooted trees were strewn in the streets. Villagers said roofs from their houses were lifted by a violent wind and dumped about two kilometres away while shacks and bungalows were destroyed.