More than 20 families have been left counting their losses after a heavy storm tore through a village in Xesi (formerly Middledrift), leaving homes and businesses in ruins and disrupting the electricity supply. The devastating storm the second to hit Kwa-Saki village in three years struck at about 6pm on Sunday, according to villagers.
While firefighting efforts continue around Sardinia Bay, teams on the ground are keeping a close eye on the strong winds, which are expected to peak on Thursday afternoon.
This time of the year always reminds me of a Vietnam War movie, more especially the scene from Apocalypse Now with Martin Sheen laying under the ceiling fan that sounded like a helicopter with the eerie music of the Doors blaring out The End.
Nelson Mandela Bay’s eight-year drought, which finally broke at the end of 2023, got people talking about the weather like never before, related to a growing need for factual information and easy to understand analysis.