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WATCH Strong Winds Batter Cape Town

Strong winds and rains have battered Cape Town over the past couple of days, leaving extensive damage including a large truck being overturned, the blue statue at Sea Point falling over, several trees blocking roads and business and residential properties damaged. (Check out photos of big waves at Kalk Bay Harbour.) Winds had blown at […]

03-10-20 14:22

Strong winds and rains have battered Cape Town over the past couple of days, leaving extensive damage including a large truck being overturned, the blue statue at Sea Point falling over, several trees blocking roads and business and residential properties damaged. (Check out photos of big waves at Kalk Bay Harbour.)

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Cape Town on Friday morning. Photo: Ted Botha

Winds had blown at 50 to 65 km/hour with strong gusts of 65 and more.

The wind was still blowing Friday morning, with authorities at Lion’s Head removing a tree that had fallen across the road.

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Lion’s Head on Friday morning. Photos: Ted Botha

WATCH Winds in Cape Town today, Friday 2 October 2020

cape town storm wind

cape town storm wind

The storm also brought impressive large waves to iconic Kalk Bay Harbour, and resulted in Cape Town’s main source of drinking water, Theewaterskloof Dam finally reaching 100% capacity and overflowing!

WATCH VIDEO: Theewaterskloof Dam Officially Overflows (1 Oct 2020)

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