Informal settlements around the city, and the township of Khayelitsha, have been severely affected
South Africa’s rural areas and informal settlements need the greatest protection against climate change
Past climate conditions that led to intense tropical cyclones battering KwaZulu-Natal’s coast are similar to the ones projected now under global warming
But solutions can only be truly effective if funding and threat information reaches the local level
As the storm neared, schools were closed and inter-island hopper flight suspended
On December 30 last year, a violent storm caused extensive damage to some 1 326 properties
Tuesday’s storm was insane, a reminder of nature’s fury when the city was locked down, buried in water: the cost is going to be huge.
Hurricane Maria has brought devastation to the island of Puerto Rico and is responsible for 10 deaths so far
The Knysna fires and storms in the Cape are indicators that the climate is changing. Solutions, which exist, must be implemented.
Insurance claims and payouts are soaring as havoc wreaked by climate change in the form of violent storms, rain and hail continues to increase.
The City of Tshwane has declared a state of disaster in two areas, following heavy storms that caused damage of an estimated R100-million.
It will cost the Cape Agulhas municipality R10-million to fix damage to property caused by storms in Arniston at the weekend, says a report.
An intrepid local photographer, Des Jacobs is hooked on snapping nature’s own fireworks. Sipho Kings spoke to him.
Millions of Americans dug out from an epic winter storm on Wednesday that buried more than a third of the United States in drifting snow.
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/ 23 December 2010
Scores of people were injured, some critically, by the strong winds and hail that hammered parts of the Eastern Cape.
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/ 29 November 2009
The recent storm in KwaZulu-Natal had affected 1 256 people, the provincial department of local government said on Saturday afternoon.
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/ 3 November 2009
Tropical storm Mirinae killed at least 40 people and left 11 missing in Vietnam, a national disaster official said on Tuesday.
Cape Town’s disaster and emergency workers continued removing debris and unblocking drains after heavy rains drove residents from their homes.
Hikers were being evacuated from the Otter Trail on Wednesday as bitterly cold and stormy weather swept the Southern Cape coast.
More ‘ferocious storms’ may pound KwaZulu-Natal by as early as Friday, Premier S’bu Ndebele said on Tuesday.
At least 18 people have been confirmed dead in a ”monstrous” storm that lashed various parts of KwaZulu-Natal on the weekend.
Sixteen people were killed during a thunderstorm that wreaked havoc in various parts of KwaZulu-Natal over the weekend, authorities said on Monday.
A ninth person was found dead after being swept into a river during an electric storm that battered parts of KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend.
The death toll from a ”monstrous” overnight storm that devastated various parts of KwaZulu-Natal has risen to eight, Premier Sbu Ndebele said.
At least six people were killed during a storm that ravaged various parts of KwaZulu-Natal, Social Development minister Meshack Hadebe said.
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/ 18 November 2008
About R15-million is needed to rebuild homes that were destroyed in a freak storm in Durban’s Molweni area, media reports said on Tuesday.
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/ 14 November 2008
Eight people were killed and at least 400 houses destroyed in a heavy storm in Durban’s Molweni area on Friday.
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/ 13 November 2008
While the foul weather in the Western Cape looks set to subside, the Eastern Cape should brace for a battering, forecasters warned on Thursday.
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/ 20 October 2008
A lightning strike on a transmission tower left swathes of Johannesburg without power on Monday afternoon, City Power said.
A heavy thunderstorm in Grahamstown on Wednesday left 11 people injured and 65 homeless, Eastern Cape police said.
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/ 24 September 2008
Continuous rain near the epicentre of China’s May 12 earthquake has killed at least eight people and left 38 missing, with thousands left stranded.
Lightning, strong winds and rough seas claimed at least five lives as storms struck northern Italy, Poland and Austria on Friday.