(Above: Cherlaine Cook sent this photo in of a flooded road in Durban)Yesterday's heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc in parts of the province. Flood damage has been reported in Umhlanga, Durban, Westville and on the South Coast.Numerous accidents have be...

090300Z POSITION NEAR 29.5S 39.0E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 14S (IRINA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 415 NM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, HAS TRACKED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 04 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. THE CURRENT POSITION IS BASED ON A 082220Z TRMM ...

Nastasya Tay | 3 Hour(s) AgoThe South African Weather Service said it would continue to monitor tropical storm Irina along South Africa’s eastern coast.The storm reportedly left scores of homes damaged and more than 70 dead across the region, includi...

A Durban NGO has its hands full following this weekend's storm. AbaKrestu Foundation has seen an influx of street children to its shelter in the city centre.Spokesperson Larry Crampton says nearly 100 children came to the foundation, with nothing but w...

Footage of Durban's beachfront during tropical cyclone Irina on Sunday 4th March 2012. Filmed by Anton Herrington, Tekweni TV Productions. Go to www.satvchannel.com for other videos on South Africa.- South Africa TV Channel

050300Z POSITION NEAR 29.7S 34.7E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 14S, (IRINA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 230 NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, HAS TRACKED SOUTHWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS TC 14S BECOMI...

Tropical storm Irina has unleashed torrential rain over parts of Kwazulu Natal, flooding roads and homes. Massive waves have also been battering the KZN coastline.East Coasters have sent these photos in, documenting some of the flooding and damage done...

Tropical Storm Irina: This is a video clip of our local beach Alkantstrand in Richards Bay 3 March 2012 13h30 SAST - Video by Debbie Smith

A house collapsed on a woman breaking both her legs in Jozini in the Nyawushadi area on Sunday morning, after floods hit northern KwaZulu-Natal.Co-operative governance spokesman Vernon Mchunu said emergency services were negotiating through mud and dir...

(Click on images for larger view.)031500Z POSITION NEAR 25.7S 35.0E.TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 14S (IRINA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 150 NM EAST OF MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 13 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE I...

At 02:00SAST, Moderate Tropical Storm IRINA was located at 25.5S and 37.6E (in the vicinity ofInhambane, Mozambique) and is moving in a west-south-west direction at 13knots. The storm retains Moderate Tropical Storm status until Tuesday, 6 March 2012.0...

290300Z POSITION NEAR 16.3S 43.3E. TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 14S,(IRINA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 270 NM NORTHWEST OF ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 01 KNOT OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS TC 14S IS OVERC...

The Tropical Disturbance in Northern Madagascar proof to be a menace again. Got these photos from site just now, it is raining heavily in Taomisina at the moment. (27 February 2012) - Julius Pistorius

Image: NOAA19 13h15 SAST  (Nic Cronje, Nelspruit) Click on image for larger view.Image: NOAA15 16H28 SAST (Ben Engelbrecht, Dundee) Click on image for larger view.WTXS21 PGTW 270130MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVMARFCSTCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC//SUBJ/TROPI...

WTXS21 PGTW 260130MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVMARFCSTCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC//SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT// RMKS/ 1. FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 200 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 13.7S 53.3E TO 14.9S 44.0E ...

Last year's floods in Cambodia affected more than 10 percent of the country's population

200300Z POSITION NEAR 26.4S 53.7E.TROPICAL CYCLONE 12S (GIOVANNA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 455 NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR, HAS TRACKED EASTWARD AT 14 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED (IR) SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE OR...

Giovanna has once again changed direction and also increased in intensity. Giovanna is now a Cat. 2 storm. Like I indicated before, Giovanna is one of the weirdest storms I have observed in the South Indian Ocean. What will happen in the next 12 hou...

190300Z POSITION NEAR 25.9S 47.7E.TROPICAL CYCLONE 12S (GIOVANNA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 430 NM SOUTH OF ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR, HAS TRACKED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AT 12 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS DEEP CONVEC...

Image:  Damages post-Giovanna (Click on image for larger view.)I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES· Giovanna made landfall on the eastern coast of Madagascar at 2.00 a.m. on 14 February 2012 as a category 4 tropical cyclone and exited the western coast ...

Image: NOAA18 01H08 SAST (Nic Cronje, Nelspruit) Click on image for larger view.180300Z POSITION NEAR 26.4S 43.5E.TROPICAL CYCLONE 12S (GIOVANNA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 495 NM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR, HAS TRACKED SOUTHEASTWARD AT 03...

Hierdie is foto's wat die oggend vroeg geneem is na die storm, die storm was van 12 uur tot 4 uur in die oggend. Die storm wat toe ook nie so erg soos wat voorspel is nie, maar in daardie oggendure het die wind besonders sterk gewaai vir my - ...

Image: NOAA18 13H49 SAST (Nic Cronje, Nelspruit) Click on image for larger view.171500Z POSITION NEAR 25.8S 43.2E.TROPICAL CYCLONE 12S (GIOVANNA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 445 NM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR, HAD TRACKED EAST- SOUTH EASTWAR...

(Click on image for larger view.)When Tropical Cyclone Giovanna came ashore in eastern Madagascar, the well-organized storm not only brought high winds, but also heavy precipitation. Flooding affected multiple neighborhoods in the capital city of Antan...

I had a look at this afternoon's satellite images and forecast models. I might have been correct with my earlier prediction that Giovanna is tracking south eastwards towards southern Madagascar and not towards Mozambique as many forecasters h...

Image: CIMSS (Click on image for larger view.)There is still no consensus amongst weather forecasters as to which path Giovanna will follow and whether it will bring torrential rain over parts of Mozambique and possible heavy rain in parts o...

By CARE International An intense tropical cyclone named Giovanna made landfall on the east coast of Madagascar yesterday morning. “Assessments have yet to begin and we have very little data at the present time. But if we look at the strength of the s...

Image: NOAA18 (Nic Cronje, Nelspruit) Click on image for larger view.)There is currently a discrepancy as to the future track of Cyclone Giovanna over the Mozambque Channel. The Joint Typhoon Warning Centre report (12 & 15Z on Tuesday 14 February 2012...

Images: NOAA18 (Nic Cronje, Nelspruit) Click on images for larger view.

Image: Meteosat - 7 (Click on image for larger view.)Satellite image of Giovanna (taken at 3am local time) shows the cyclone centred on Vatomandry