South African mining town is devastated by cyclone (1948)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Scenes of uprooted trees, flattened homes, and twisted power pylons show the cyclone’s path of destruction, as Roodepoort survivors mourn loved ones and search for possessions to salvage Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: South Africa: Path of the Cyclone SOUTH AFRICA: Johannesburg: Roodepoort: EXT HURRICANES ALSO TORNADOS’ & CYCLONES Cyclone hits ROODEPOORT, Nr JO’burg. Families seen searching ruins for remnants of their belongings. Twisted telegraph poles bear evidence to force of the Cyclone. SOUTH AFRICA Cyclone hits South Africa. Roodepoort becomes place of tragedy. Families seeking remnants of belongings amid ruins Weather; Disasters and Accidents meteorology, cyclogenesis, atmospheric pressure, wreckage, wind, damage Background: Scenes of uprooted trees, flattened homes, and twisted power pylons show