A couple of vehicles, including trucks, were launched off the N1 bridge just before the Huguenot Tunnel outside Paarl, roofs split and shattered in the wind blowing over Gordon’s Bay, while trees broke and debris was flung into the roads all over the rest of the Western Cape this weekend.
Torrential rains and heavy winds battered Bloubergstrand on Tuesday, carrying away furniture and tipping boats. At least it gave us this classic video clip.
If you weren’t around to see it yourself, here are some extraordinary photos of the sheets of white hail that covered the streets of Cape Town.