At least three people have died, while restaurants, homes, cars and community centres have been destroyed in the wake of a storm surge that battered parts of the Eastern and Western Cape at the weekend.
It was reported that a 93-year-old woman died after a freak wave hit a parking area in Leentjiesklip in George. Moreover, seven people were injured when a freak wave hit a restaurant at Marina Beach near Southbroom in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has urged motorists to be cautious on the roads due to high tides flooding parking lots, the freeway, and neighbouring streets.
Four trucks jack-knifed and a bus veered off slippery roads in the Eastern Cape as snow measuring between 5 and 20cm fell in high-laying areas in province.