Cyclone Eloise, since downgraded to Tropical Storm Eloise, tore through the Kruger National Park and other parts of South Africa this weekend.
For one family in Mpumalanga, who shot the footage in Panbult, between Ermelo and Piet Retief on Friday, it was a terrifying ordeal.
Single mother Amélia delivered her daughter, Sara, while keeping her two-year-old safe in a mango tree during floods caused by Cyclone Idai.
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More than 120 people have died, and many more are missing, after Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique and Zimbabwe with flash floods and extreme weather.
Sometimes the only way to handle winds of 260 km/h is to have a laugh, and there are few places better at taking the piss than Australia.
Reed Timmer has a reputation as something of a madman, although even by his standards this footage is off the charts.