In an unconfirmed preliminary report to the NHBRC, the South African Weather Services referred to the storm as Tornadic Supercell Thunderstorm with an EF2 damage rating.
IN the main, the damage to homes included failing roofs, collapsed boundary walls and altered homes as well as wall cracks. The affected structures are said to be between 1- 20 years old. Late this past Friday 5th January 2018, the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Cllr. Herman Mashaba declared this a Local State of Disaster after consultation with the relevant stakeholders.
The NHBRC inspectors and engineers have been conducting visual assessment of the houses that were damaged by the storm for the past 6 days. The team worked through this past week-end in order to ascertain the extent of the damage as well as preliminary causes of said damage.
The affected areas include;
Protea Glen;
Lawley;
Braamfischerville;
Slovo Park;
Snake Park;
Doornkop;
Lufhereng;
Tsepisong;
Meadowlands;
Westbury;
Alexandra;
