Terror, trauma, boat rescues and homes destroyed as storms rage in the Cape

Disaster management on high alert, aid organisations out in force as extreme weather hits many regions

25 September 2023 - 16:42 By GILL GIFFORD and NIVASHNI NAIR

For the first time since it opened eight years ago, Creation Wine Estate in the Western Cape’s Hemel en Aarde Valley is closed, all roads leading to it are inaccessible, and what damage caused by the storm is yet to be uncovered. ..

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