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Article: Cape of Storms' deadly impact Five killed as storms leave trail of destruction.(News)
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- The Star (South Africa)
- Article date:
- October 27, 2009
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BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY and MICHELLE JONES
AT LEAST five people have died as a result of fierce storms in the Western Cape. A five-year-old Somerset West girl was killed early yesterday when a tree crashed into her home while she was sleeping.
Anathi Maqetseba was one of many people who were caught up in raging thunderstorms, massive seas, gale-force winds and hurricane-strength gusts expected to continue thrashing the Western Cape today.
It caused widespread mayhem - from power outages and traffic jams to the uprooting and snapping of trees that smashed into houses. Outside Mossel Bay, a fishing trawler with six men aboard capsized, and the ...