This week at least five people were killed when large waves overcame them, in circumstances so unusual that even highly trained submariners were overwhelmed.
Lieutenant Commander Gillian Elizabeth Hector is among the dead. She is the first female officer in Africa to navigate a submarine.It started with a tidal surge in Leentjiesklip, which killed a 93-year-old woman, and ended with a larger wave that left three navy officers dead off the shore of Kommetjie.
Retired maths teacher Jo Hartman died when a large wave roiled over her in Leentjiesklip during a tidal surge on Saturday in the Wilderness. On Sunday, the body of a 68-year-old man, whose name is not immediately available, washed up in Kouga, and further up the east coast, a vast wave pushed through the seating area of the Mariners restaurant, dragging people with it all the way to the back wall.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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