WATCH: Incredible lightning storm across Berea
Berea Mail captured a few clips of the amazing lightning display seen over the area yesterday.
A SPECTACULAR display of lightning was seen in the Berea area on Wednesday, December 14 following heavy thunderstorms in KwaZulu-Natral.
Lightning was seen striking vertically and horizontally across the sky. Speaking to Berea Mail, Julius Mahlangu, a weather forecaster at the South African Weather Services explained the lightning patterns.
“With thunderstorms, we can see inter-cloud lightning which means lightning is striking from one cloud to another cloud. Intra-cloud lighting occurs within a single cloud. Then we have cloud-to-ground lightning where lightning strikes the ground,” said Mahlangu.
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“Cloud-to-ground lightning can be dangerous for people on the ground, while inter-cloud lightning can be dangerous to the aviation community,” he added.
Thunderstorms across KwaZulu-Natal saw heavy rain in the province.
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“We had a number of thunderstorms from the interior of the province toward the coastal area yesterday which is why there was so much lightning in Durban,” explained Mahlangu.
The South African Weather Services issued a weather warning today, Thursday, December 15, predicting heavy rains in the KZN interior. For more information, visit www.weathersa.co.za.
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