Tropical storm brings much needed relief to iSimangaliso

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E ncompassing 9% of the country’s coastline, iSimangaliso has, until recently, been weighed down heavily by the burden of a decade-long drought. However, five years to the day after Cyclone Gamede thrashed the coast and broke open the Lake St Lucia estuary, Tropical Storm Irina brought similar heavy rainfall and high waves to the country’s first World Heritage Site. Classified as a ‘moderate storm’ by the South African Weather Service, Irina crashed into the eastern coast of southern Africa at the end of February and during the start of March.

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