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On 1-5 June 2024, [3] a large storm system produced severely heavy rainfall and winds along the Eastern coast of South Africa, striking several municipalities in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. The storm produced two tornadoes in Newcastle and Utrecht, with the more intense tornado striking Tongaat. [4] [5]
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Durban hosted matches in the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup. In 2007 the city hosted nine matches, including a semi-final, as part of the inaugural ICC World Twenty20. The 2009 IPL season was played in South Africa, and Durban was selected as a venue. 2010 saw the city host six matches, including a semi-final, in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.
The exception is the Western Cape and its capital city Cape Town where the climate is Mediterranean and it rains more in the wintertime. [4] In the winter months, snow collects on the high mountains of the Cape and the Drakensberg. A few times in South Africa's history snow has fallen in other regions - (provinces) such as in September 2021. [5]
Durban, home of the busiest port in Africa and an important economic centre in South Africa.. This list of tallest buildings in Durban ranks completed buildings by height in the city of Durban (including uMhlanga) which is the third most populous city in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town and the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.
The Union of South Africa's Weather Service was established in 1912 under the Department of Irrigation, with Charles M Stewart as its first Chief Meteorologist. [1] At some point between 1912 and 1940, the SAWS' name was changed to the Meteorological Service , and in 1940, during the Second World War , became the responsibility of the ...
Cape Doctor" is the local name for the strong, often persistent and dry south-easterly wind that blows on the South African coast from spring to late summer (September to March in the southern hemisphere). It is known as the Cape Doctor because of a local belief that it clears Cape Town of pollution and 'pestilence'.
Chapman's Peak is a mountain on the western side of the Cape Peninsula, between Hout Bay and Noordhoek in Cape Town, South Africa.The western flank of the mountain falls sharply for hundreds of metres into the Atlantic Ocean, and a road, known as Chapman's Peak Drive, hugs the near-vertical face of the mountain, linking Hout Bay to Noordhoek.