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25 Aug 2017

High seas damage uMhlanga promenade

Sylvia Dicks (Northglen News )

The promenade in uMhlanga took a beating yesterday when high seas hit. Photo by Lupi Ciaglia

“ The South African Weather Service said the sea swells were as high as six metres. “

Umhlanga’s popular promenade took a pelting yesterday (24 August). According to the South African Weather Service the sea swells reached up to six-metre across the coast from PE to Durban.

Local resident, Lupi Ciaglia snapped a shot of the damaged promenade directly outside The Oyster Box. By Friday afternoon at 1pm the promenade was still covered in sea sand. Earlier this year a video of a storm pummeling uMhlanga’s promenade surfaced.

 

 

 uMhlanga promenade covered in sand following high sea swells

 

The video which was  filmed by uMhlanga resident, Sharon van Straaten, showed the waves crashing into the steps of the promenade.

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