IN PICTURES | 34 years after Cyclone Domoina hit SA - shocking images of devastation
08 October 2018 - 12:11
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A railway bridge washed away by the cyclone. Picture: PETER HUGHES
"The storm hit us in Pongola on the 30th January 1984 (although had already hit parts of Transvaal and Swaziland a couple of days before). This is our first view of the Pongola River on the morning of the 31st when we started trying to drive home." Picture: PETER HUGHES
Road damage. Picture: PETER HUGHES
"The main bridge over the Pongola River between Natal and Transvaal. Ummm... where's the bridge?" - Picture: PETER HUGHES
"Yeah, guess we're not getting home that way today." Picture: PETER HUGHES
"Brown water rafting anyone?" Picture: PETER HUGHES
"Alternative route we tried next: the bridge to Magudu and Vryheid. Guess we're not getting home that way either." Picture: PETER HUGHES
Uprooted trees block the road. Picture: PETER HUGHES
"Let's try the road north to Piet Retief. Ok, maybe not." Picture: PETER HUGHES
"Well, since we can't drive home we'll have to fly. Light aircraft about to take off on the N2." Picture: PETER HUGHES
"Our house is down there! We were incredibly lucky, because the flood waters reached our garden fence and went no further. Many of our friends in the village were not so lucky and lost everything." Picture: PETER HUGHES
"Others weren't so lucky..." Picture: PETER HUGHES
"The main road through the village and parts of the golf course flooded." Picture: PETER HUGHES
"Water starting to gush over the high level bridge, which was still standing at this point." Picture: PETER HUGHES
"Our friends picking through the remains of their belongings after the water had receded." Picture: PETER HUGHES
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