Heavy storms in Johannesburg in South Africa have killed two people and displaced over 30 more.
The Johannesburg City’s emergency services confirmed on Sunday that in Lenasia “two or three trees fell on a bakkie”.
The Johannesburg Emergency Medical Services (EMS) spokesperson Nana Radebe is reported by News24 to have said that the two men who died were found dead in a vehicle.
In Lenasia, we’ve had two confirmed fatalities caused by a tree falling onto a car. We’ll have more details later.
— Herman Mashaba (@HermanMashaba) December 31, 2017
In Protea Glen, the houses have practically fallen apart. Roofs have come apart. Luckily, we haven’t had fatalities in the Protea Glen area. The are some children under observation in hospital. We’ll have details later. pic.twitter.com/1iqn6cd7q0
— Herman Mashaba (@HermanMashaba) December 31, 2017
Radebe said his outfit is now assessing houses damaged in the heavy storms which started on Saturday.
30 and 40 houses in the Protea Glen and Braam Fisher areas in Soweto have been affected.
Source: Africafeeds.com
