A couple of vehicles, including trucks, were launched off the N1 bridge just before the Huguenot Tunnel outside Paarl, roofs split and shattered in the wind blowing over Gordon’s Bay, while trees broke and debris was flung into the roads all over the rest of the Western Cape this weekend.
Storm Eunice has been causing havoc on the landing strips, forcing a Qatar Airways jet to attempt a unique landing.
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) sent out a yellow severe weather warning for parts of the Western Cape from Thursday, November 25 until Saturday, November 27.
The wind was borderline offensive over the weekend. If you braved the outdoors, you probably had a tough time making your way through the city.
We may have been dubbed the Cape of Storms back in the day, but it isn’t often we see wind conditions like these from over in the US.