Gale-force winds stripped metal sheets off buildings and smashed car windows with debris, in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 7, as forecasters predicted that the worst storm for 30 years would hit the city later that day.

This video shows a person preparing her make-shift home before the storm, views of the Disaster Risk Management Centre in Goodwood, and an interview with a taxi driver whose car window had been smashed during the storm.