Second tornado hits KZN in 24 hours, leaving disaster teams scrambling

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Cogta MEC Sipho Hlomuka said that disaster management teams had been deployed to Ulundi following the tornado, which lashed KwaCeza and Edlebe.

A tornado hit the Ulundi area in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.A second tornado has hit KwaZulu-Natal in 24 hours and left disaster management teams scrambling to help those affected.

On Saturday, a storm with the"traits of a tornado" hit Ulundi, in the north of the province. Fortunately, according to the KZN department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs, there were no injuries and no reports of damage. About 24 hours earlier, a tornado struck Utrecht, leaving severe damage in its wake. Trees were blown over, roofs torn off houses and cars overturned.

 

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