A tornado ripped through the Raymond Mhlaba local municipality on Friday night, affecting 13 villages near Alice and Fort Beaufort, authorities have said.
“The ongoing assessment has so far established that eight families were left homeless. The damage assessment is continuing, and the affected villages and families may increase,” she said.
“Amathole District Municipality will convene a JOC meeting on Monday the 2nd December with strategic stakeholders such as Social Development and Human Settlements to determine immediate relief to the affected families.”The reported tornado follows several others in parts of KwaZulu-Natal over the past few weeks.
Last week, 13 houses and some schools were damaged in the Ulundi area after a tornado swept through the region on Saturday, while another twister near Utrecht left large parts of the Waterval Correctional Services facility damaged last Friday.For more news your way, download The Citizen’s app for
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