WATCH: Overnight storms flood roads, fell trees across eThekwini

Staff Reporter

Flooded roads, fallen trees and damaged vehicles caused widespread disruption across parts of eThekwini on Sunday night after severe storms swept through the city and other parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

The worst impact in eThekwini was reported in the central and southern parts of the city, where municipal officials logged 22 incidents, particularly in Chatsworth and Morningside.

Western areas, such as Westville, recorded 13 incidents, while seven were reported in the north, with Newlands West among the hardest-hit areas.

KwaZulu-Natal’s cooperative governance and traditional affairs department (Cogta) said the storms, which also affected Pietermaritzburg, were marked by gale-force winds, thunder and hail, uprooting trees, damaging power lines and flooding major roads.

The department said technical assessments were under way in both regions to determine the full extent of the damage and that no fatalities had been reported by Monday morning.

eThekwini municipality said its disaster management teams, working with