South Africa’s destructive storm surges: geoscientist reveals the 3 factors that drove them
South Africa’s destructive storm surges: geoscientist reveals the 3 factors that drove them: Tidal surges can cause enormous damage. Martha van der Westhuizen/500px A series of powerful tidal surges battered coastal areas in South Africa’s Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces over the weekend of 16 September. One person died; cars, homes and businesses …