South Africa’s Destructive Storm Surges: Geoscientist Reveals 3 Factors that Drove Them

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It's not the first time storm surges have caused major damage. In July 2016 the beachfront area in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu Natal was heavily impacted and there was extensive flooding. Photo: Archives

A series of powerful tidal surges battered coastal areas in South Africa’s Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces over the weekend of 16 September. One person died; cars, homes and businesses were damaged. The Conversation Africa asked Jasper Knight, a geoscientist who researches coastal processes, to explain what happened.

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