Hundreds of people have been left homeless after a freak hailstorm which destroyed a village in rural South Africa.
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Pastor Dale Morgan
May 19, 2011, 1:53:52 PM5/19/11
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Hundreds of people have been left homeless after a freak hailstorm which destroyed a village in rural South Africa.
The hailstorm hit the village which is close to Kruger National Park Photo: ALAMY
5:16PM BST 19 May 2011
The Telegraph UK
At least 341 people were forced to abandon their properties and dozens of homes were destroyed when the severe weather struck on Tuesday night.
Government officials today said 53 buildings had been damaged and several were completely demolished during the freak storm, which blasted across a rural area near the town of Nkomazi close to the country's famous Kruger National Park.
Simphiw Kunene, a local government spokesman, said the storm was "unbelievably powerful and freakish".
"Luckily nobody was injured or killed. But sadly for those who live there, much of the area has been destroyed," he said.
"The hail stones must have been enormous as some buildings were completely demolished."
Officials were today visiting the scene of the disaster, which happened around 300 miles from Johannesburg in South Africa's eastern Mpumalanga province.
Some of the homeless had been provided with emergency tents and blankets after being forced to abandoned their shattered houses following the storm, which struck at around 9pm on Tuesday.
Hundreds of people have been left homeless after a freak hailstorm which destroyed a village in rural South Africa.
The hailstorm hit the village which is close to Kruger National Park Photo: ALAMY
5:16PM BST 19 May 2011
The Telegraph UK
At least 341 people were forced to abandon their properties and dozens of homes were destroyed when the severe weather struck on Tuesday night.
Government officials today said 53 buildings had been damaged and several were completely demolished during the freak storm, which blasted across a rural area near the town of Nkomazi close to the country's famous Kruger National Park.
Simphiw Kunene, a local government spokesman, said the storm was "unbelievably powerful and freakish".
"Luckily nobody was injured or killed. But sadly for those who live there, much of the area has been destroyed," he said.
"The hail stones must have been enormous as some buildings were completely demolished."
Officials were today visiting the scene of the disaster, which happened around 300 miles from Johannesburg in South Africa's eastern Mpumalanga province.
Some of the homeless had been provided with emergency tents and blankets after being forced to abandoned their shattered houses following the storm, which struck at around 9pm on Tuesday.
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