Homes, shopping centres, and apartment complexes have suffered significant structural damage, as residents now grapple with the aftermath of the devastating storm.
That’s because Lynch’s ex-colleague and co-defendant in a US fraud trial was fatally struck by a car two days before authorities say a tornado abruptly sunk Lynch’s yacht off the coast of Sicily.
A string of twisters that wreaked havoc across Nebraska on April 26 shows just how terrifying they can become.
On Monday, parts of Johannesburg were ravaged by an extreme hailstorm while a tornado threatened residents in Standerton in Mpumalanga.
Flooding in Cape Town, an earthquake in Gauteng, and now a tornado in KwaZulu-Natal. It’s as if nature is trying to tell us something.
That’s the alarming thing – as the climate crisis ramps up, we’re going to see more and more videos of terrifying tornadoes ripping into city after city.
Residents were in awe (and a little fear) as they witnessed funnel clouds forming in the stormy sky on Sunday.
Storm Report SA says the “tornado started out as a waterspout but made landfall soon after”. It caused damage to multiple homes in Velddrif.
China has been dealing with one of its more devastating rainy seasons, with two vicious tornadoes tearing through the south in a matter of days.
A storm chaser used a relatively small drone to capture the immense devastation of a tornado that hit parts of Kansas.
Last Wednesday, residents of Cofimvaba feared the end of the world when a rare weather occurrence was spotted.
Kentucky’s governor said that there will likely be more than 100 lives lost from the immense tornadoes that ripped through the state.
A severe storm brought torrential rainfall, violent winds, an impressive waterspout, and even a tornado to the Italian town of Sicily.
Mark Kobylinksi stood rapt with his camera in hand, on his back deck, watching as the nightmare drew closer and closer.
Last week, an intense tornado killed five people, injured hundreds more, and left whole towns ravaged across the Czech Republic.
Emmy Award-winning storm chaser, Brian Emfinger, managed to capture close-up drone footage of a tornado, but not without some collateral damage.
Madill, Oklahoma resident Pecos Hank captured close-up footage of a massive tornado as it tore through his town.
For one family in Mpumalanga, who shot the footage in Panbult, between Ermelo and Piet Retief on Friday, it was a terrifying ordeal.
A second tornado has struck the province, this time in Bergville, although there is still some debate around whether it can be labelled as such.
Residents of the Mshwati district were hit hard by a tunnel of wind that tore through the area, ripping up trees and destroying property.
Chances are you’ll never have to drive through the middle of a tornado, but over in the US it’s a different story. Cue fear and panic.
Severe winds struck the Vaal Marina area yesterday afternoon, leaving more than 300 people displaced and over 50 injured. Many were quick to call it a ‘tornado’.
Our #DikWednesday storm wreaked havoc in areas like Sea Point, but I don’t remember it moving cars around. These New York tornadoes don’t mess around.
The international lawnmower legend struck again this past weekend, paying respect to the image that made him famous back in June.
A photograph of a South African man mowing his lawn in Canada, as a tornado twists menacingly behind him, has gone viral. You need to see it.
It seems unimaginable that we are writing about tornadoes wreaking havoc in Gauteng, but yesterday all hell broke loose as the twister went rogue.
It’s freezing right across the country at present, although up near Jozi things have really escalated. We kid you not, it’s a full-blown tornado.
Reed Timmer has a reputation as something of a madman, although even by his standards this footage is off the charts.
Whilst watching Helen Hunt run through a crop field might be entertainment, I doubt it’s much fun when you’re the one living it in real life.
Tornados are no joke. Luckily we can’t say we get to experience many of them down here at the tip of Africa, but when it does happen, it should be news! Check it out…