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Jul 23, 2015

WEATHER TROUBLES * South Africa: Blowed, whipped, trucks at tunnel

* South Africa - Winds blow trucks over at Huguenot Tunnel
-- Gale-force winds (A gale is a very strong wind, as high as 90 knots/170 km/h) tore through the Western Cape on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, uprooting trees, flipping over trucks and leaving key routes barred to commuters... Four trucks travelling over the bridge just before the Huguenot Tunnel were whipped by the winds and eventually flipped on to their sides... The tunnel was still closed on Wednesday morning... While the truck drivers managed to escape unharmed, on Wednesday morning their vehicles were still lying where they fell, the gale force winds making it too dangerous for teams to retrieve the toppled vehicles, said Bergh...

... Bain's Kloof pass, situated on the R301 between Wellington and Ceres, was also closed on Tuesday night after the winds uprooted trees, sending them crashing into the road... Chapman's Peak was closed to motorists after tons of weathered sandstone became dislodged in the windy conditions... 
(Photos by Rays Towing/Arrive Alive, via Facebook: Winds blow trucks over at the Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 in the Western Cape) -- Western Cape, Cape Town, SA - RDM News Wire - 22 July, 2015

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