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1999 Manenberg tornado

Tornado that hit Cape Town, South Africa in 1999

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Wind speeds were recorded reaching over 150 km per hour. The tornado killed five people and injured an additional 220. Over 5,000 residents were left homeless with 40 flats being "totally gutted" and a total of 825 homes being destroyed, effecting 2,800 families. The storm caused additional damage to the nearby community of Gugulethu and Nyanga where roughly 2,000 people were left homeless.

R1 million (roughly equivalent to R2.6 million in 2017) was allocated by City of Cape Town's disaster relief fund for rebuilding.

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