Getting to and from the beach areas along the Atlantic Seaboard in the summer is already a bit of a sweltering nightmare, but now a big road closure has added to the obstacle.
It is clear that this year has been our wettest in the last 10 years, but the Heritage Day weekend alone saw more rainfall than anything before in the province’s recent history.
As a storm spread over large parts of Gauteng yesterday, Johannesburg was pummelled by massive hailstones, strong winds, and heavy rain.
Multiple videos show the sandstorm extending high into the Chinese sky across a barren landscape, all the while heading towards motorists fleeing in the other direction.
A hauntingly rare phenomenon took over the skies with residents in and around Sioux Falls speculating whether they were being transformed into The Upside Down from ‘Stranger Things’.
In Durban North there was canoeing, and in Hillcrest, someone whipped out their surfboard and slid down the flooded fairway at Cotswold Downs.
People across the province are contending with heavy downpours, flooded streets, mudslides, and structural collapses.
Storm Eunice has been causing havoc on the landing strips, forcing a Qatar Airways jet to attempt a unique landing.
The Western Cape is bracing itself for a storm this weekend, bringing with it gale-force winds.
On Wednesday night, many residents in and around East London reported seeing a storm with excessive thunder and lightning.
Cyclone Eloise, since downgraded to Tropical Storm Eloise, tore through the Kruger National Park and other parts of South Africa this weekend.
On Saturday, storm clouds swept through Upington in the Northern Cape, bringing with them a wall of dust that was captured on video.
Hurricane Laura is pummelling the US Gulf Coast, leaving an apocalyptic wasteland in its wake.
Trees have been blown over, roofs have been ripped from buildings, and anybody who parked their car along the Sea Point coastline may want to move it unless they fancy a complete foam coating free of charge.
Gale force winds in the Western Cape yesterday were so strong that eve massive trucks couldn’t withstand them.
If I’m ever on a plane that needs to land in extreme weather, I hope I have the pilot who brought in this Airbus A380 behind the controls.
Torrential rains and heavy winds battered Bloubergstrand on Tuesday, carrying away furniture and tipping boats. At least it gave us this classic video clip.
Mary Poppins has nothing on this man in Turkey, who was lifted into the sky by an umbrella during a passing storm.
Stefan Melendez was one of the lucky few to find himself in the eye of the storm, as Hurricane Michael passed over his hometown.
The most powerful hurricane to ever hit Florida is leaving a trail of devastation in its wake, as it floods towns and snaps trees like twigs.
Thousands of people are feared dead after an earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. The footage is terrifying.
A 19-year-old Indonesian man survived for seven weeks adrift in the Pacific Ocean, after a storm in July broke his boat away from its moorings.
It’s about to get rough for Cape Town and surrounding areas, as widespread rains and thunderstorms are heading straight for the drought-stricken province.
After a weekend of cyclonic winds and heavy rains, the Mother City – as well as the rest of the country – is in for more rough weather conditions.
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Mother Nature put on quite a show of force in Cape Town last night, and the city’s finest photographers were on hand to snap some amazing shots.
As Storm Friederike causes havoc in northern Europe, Twitter has filled with scenes of destruction, high winds catching many off guard.
Following the massive storm that hit Durban last month, the beaches in the area have taken a turn for the worse. Perhaps most worryingly, the mess is headed our way.
During Durban’s monster storm, a massive cargo ship ran aground and all hell broke loose. It took a pretty adept rescue operation to turn this one around.
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