Gale-force winds wreak havoc in Mandela Bay
By Duncan Reyneke from http://www.theherald.co.za/
STRONG winds blew down several trees and damaged power lines in Nelson Mandela Bay at the weekend.
Winds gusting up to 90km/h also caused power failures throughout the Beachview and Seaview areas as well as in Theescombe and Missionvale on Friday. The outages occurred at about midday and power was fully restored by late Friday night.
Trees in Central, Newton Park, Korsten, Walmer and Perridgevale as well as in Uitenhage were blown down in the gales. The fire department was called out to cut up and remove the trees.
Municipal spokesman Lourens Schoeman said: “No other damage was caused.”
Two cases were reported of trees catching fire in Korsten and Schauderville. The cause of these fires has not yet been established.
Eleven vegetation blazes in various areas of Nelson Mandela Bay were extinguished, with firefighters yesterday still damping down a smouldering fire at the Arlington tip which started on Friday.
Firemen were yesterday also still damping down the remains of a fire at a Deal Party warehouse that started on Friday. The owner of the building, which was used to store shopfitting material, had not yet been traced by yesterday afternoon.
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STRONG winds blew down several trees and damaged power lines in Nelson Mandela Bay at the weekend.
Winds gusting up to 90km/h also caused power failures throughout the Beachview and Seaview areas as well as in Theescombe and Missionvale on Friday. The outages occurred at about midday and power was fully restored by late Friday night.
Trees in Central, Newton Park, Korsten, Walmer and Perridgevale as well as in Uitenhage were blown down in the gales. The fire department was called out to cut up and remove the trees.
Municipal spokesman Lourens Schoeman said: “No other damage was caused.”
Two cases were reported of trees catching fire in Korsten and Schauderville. The cause of these fires has not yet been established.
Eleven vegetation blazes in various areas of Nelson Mandela Bay were extinguished, with firefighters yesterday still damping down a smouldering fire at the Arlington tip which started on Friday.
Firemen were yesterday also still damping down the remains of a fire at a Deal Party warehouse that started on Friday. The owner of the building, which was used to store shopfitting material, had not yet been traced by yesterday afternoon.
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