- Three people were killed after a heavy storm hit Margate in KwaZulu-Natal, and one person was struck by lightning
- The three were travelling in a car when it was washed off a bridge, killing them
- The deaths saddened South Africans, who were worried that the weather in KZN was going to get worse during the week
Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, covered accidents, outbreaks, nature and natural disaster-related incidents at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for seven years.
MARGATE – Three people lost their lives in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, during the heavy storms that ravaged the province on 14 April.
Storm kills three people
According to eNCA, the South African Weather Service issued a level four weather alertafter trees were damaged and the floods hit Margate. There were initially no casualties, but the provincial authorities later discovered that …