An Exceptional Whirlwind in Natal

Abstract

AT the village of Impendhle, Natal, on Mar. 23, 1930, there occurred a whirlwind of considerable violence, and the damage resulting therefrom illustrates in a remarkable manner the great intensity of the rotatory and suctional forces that can be engendered. The course travelled by the whirlwind could be followed, as a cloud was caught up in its vortex (Fig. 1).