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After conducting damage assessments, the weather service has now confirmed that the tornado in Tongaat had estimated wind speeds in the order of 225km/h to 265km/h

Tongaat tornado rated EF3 on Enhanced Fujita Scale, says the South African Weather Service

Wind speeds of 225km/h to 265km/h occurred in the tornado’s path

Sheree Bega

By expanding SAWS’s observation network, the partnership seeks to close critical forecasting gaps in regions vulnerable to floods, storms and extreme rainfall

It’s the season for thunderstorms, says SA Weather Service

Monday’s severe thunderstorm cannot be directly attributed to climate change

Sheree Bega

Archivists have started collecting recovered artefacts but nowhere near all the material was digitised. (David Harrison/M&G)

‘Hopefully, it’s all been digitised . . .’

Actually, digitising archives is far more complex, expensive and arduous than it sounds

Janine Dunlop