{"id":775099,"date":"2024-06-04T08:25:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T06:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=775099"},"modified":"2024-06-04T08:25:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T06:25:31","slug":"tornadoes-hit-parts-of-kwazulu-natal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/775099\/tornadoes-hit-parts-of-kwazulu-natal\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornadoes hit parts of KwaZulu-Natal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A destructive storm swept through Tongaat, parts of the Durban CBD, and Ballito in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday, causing extensive damage to numerous buildings, shelters and infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The storm brought with it at least two tornadoes amid heavy rains, strong winds, and hailstorms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Multiple reports of collapses and flooding coming in from across Durban, including a tornado in Tongaat (video supplied). <br><br>Please be safe if you\u2019re on the roads. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eNCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@eNCA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Avaf1kpQzd\">pic.twitter.com\/Avaf1kpQzd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dasen Thathiah (@DasenThathiah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DasenThathiah\/status\/1797644228824301749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief forecaster for disaster risk reduction at the South African Weather Service (SAWS) Kevin Rae said on Monday that &#8220;KwaZulu-Natal experienced an outbreak of at least&nbsp;two tornadoes&nbsp;affecting Newcastle, Utrecht, Ballito and Tongaat.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tornado and extreme weather recorded in the KZN  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A0ChqgGea4\">https:\/\/t.co\/A0ChqgGea4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ArriveAlive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ArriveAlive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tornado?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tornado<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vidoes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vidoes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KZN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KZN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/39p4g5Jedv\">pic.twitter.com\/39p4g5Jedv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ArriveAlive\/status\/1797655398373339265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The SAWS reported that the emergence of at least two tornadoes in KwaZulu-Natal were the expected peak of severe weather phase that started over the weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This extreme weather was anticipated to dissipate by Monday night. Ahead of this, on Friday, the SAWS released an immediate alert about the forecasted formation of an upper-air cut-off low system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis system was expected to develop a range of severe weather, including severe storms, heavy rain and flooding, heavy snowfall as well as very rough seas around the southern ocean and coastal areas,\u201d said Rae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gift of the Givers teams have been dispatched to assist affected communities. \u201cOver 1,200 people are displaced as disaster risk management and Gift of the Givers teams commence assessments,\u201d said the organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-30.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-775115\" style=\"width:426px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-30.png 749w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-30-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Arrive Alive<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Those affected were placed in shelters.&nbsp;Power and cellphone towers were down and many roads inaccessible on Monday night. Rae advised motorists to stay clear of roads and mountainous passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/775089\/5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-1782\/\">5 important things happening in South Africa today<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extreme weather events saw two tornados sweep through parts of KwaZulu Natal on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":775127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19988],"class_list":["post-775099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-kwazulu-natal-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775099"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":775138,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775099\/revisions\/775138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}