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Handful: Huge hailstones battered Johannesburg's north-western suburbs. Photo: Karen Sandison, The Star
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     Hailstones strike Joburg
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  • Gallery: Heavy rain batters Joburg

    By Angelique Serrao and Gill Gifford

    A dark and stormy sky punctuated by short, sharp storms that unleashed all the anger and might of an electrically charged highveld summer.

    This was one way to describe the gloomy day that met Joburgers when they woke up yesterday morning. Others simply referred to the wet conditions as "strange".



    Stories of heavy cloud masses that moved over the city in ominous waves were recounted in offices all over the city yesterday, while others told tales of oddly shaped hailstones as big as golf balls.
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    A man was struck by lightning on his way to work in Dobsonville, Soweto. He died on the scene.

    Forecasters at the SA Weather Service thought nothing much of the fury in the skies.

    Venetia Magane said the chilly conditions were nothing more than the result of a cold front passing over the city.

    "The thunderstorms are what caused this darkness," she said, explaining the eerie greyness hanging over the city.

    Magane said there was a 30 percent chance of showers in Gauteng every afternoon this week, with some areas possibly experiencing hail or strong winds.



    • This article was originally published on page 5 of The Star on November 10, 2009

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    13 Weeks ago Anonymous wrote :
    Now that was a thrilling video! Such skill, the way those white specks sort of... lay there like that! I was going to watch 2012, but that's all kinda pointless now. It'll never come close...
    13 Weeks ago Alien Nation wrote :
    District 9, theyve arrived!!
    13 Weeks ago Leigh wrote :
    This article is not about Julius Malema, so why be surprised that there are no other comments?! Hailstones, who cares...just a pity that it wasn't JM who was struck by lightning and killed!
    13 Weeks ago 300 years of economic segregation wrote :
    Its julius Malema 's fault
    13 Weeks ago Anonymous wrote :
    The vidoe doesn't do your article very good. I don't see any storm. Boo whoo
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