Africa
| Event | Date | Area | Tornadoes | Casualties | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg - Pretoria, South Africa tornado | 26 November 1948 | Highveld, South Africa | - | 6 fatalities, 100 injuries | 64 km track crossed major urban areas |
| Albertynesville, South Africa tornado | 30 November 1952 | South Africa | - | 20 fatalities, 400 injuries | |
| Paynesville, South Africa tornado | 2 December 1952 | South Africa | - | 11 fatalities | |
| Trompsburg, South Africa tornado | 5 November 1976 | Karoo, South Africa | - | 5+ fatalities | Longest path ever measured in SA, 175 km, mostly through desert |
| Senekal, South Africa tornado | 15 September 1988 | South Africa | - | 2 fatalities | Long track event |
| Welkom, South Africa tornado | 20 March 1990 | Free State, South Africa | - | destroying 4000 homes | Multi-vortex tornado races through the suburbs of Welkom with a 240 km long severe storm front and a width of up to 1.7 km. Proved to be the most devastating (in monetary terms) in South Africa’s history. |
| Mthatha, South Africa tornado | 15 December 1998 | South Africa | - | 15 fatalities, 100 injuries | Tornado tracked through major urban area |
| Mount Ayliff, South Africa tornado | 18 January 1999 | South Africa | - | 25 fatalities, 500 injuries | 120 km long track F4 |
| Heidelberg, South Africa tornado | 21 October 1999 | South Africa | - | 20 injuries | 100+ km path narrowly missed Johannesburg. Other damaging tornadoes reported from storms in the same area |
| Mpumalanga, South Africa tornado outbreak | 9 September 2002 | Mpumalanga, South Africa | 4 | 2 fatalities | Strong line of storms. Some buildings completely flattened |
| Dullstroom tornado | 1 August 2006 | Mpumalanga, South Africa | 1 | 0 fatalities, 9 injuries | Several homes damaged, roof a high school completely removed. Estimated to be strong F1, possibly F2 |
| Vryheid tornado | 20 October 2006 | KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | 1 | 0 | Rural huts destroyed on a farm 15 km east of the town. Child almost 'taken up' into tornado. Path estimated to be 4 km long. Estimated F1 |
| Molweni tornado | 14 November 2008 | KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | 1 | 8 fatalities, 200 injuries |
Crossed an urban area. Cars rolled some distance and shipping containers hurled through the air over 200m. Mud huts completely scoured away. Brick houses levelled. Path estimated to be 10 km long. Estimated EF3-4 |
| Bulwer tornado | 6 November 2009 | KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | 1 | 1 fatality, 30 injuries | F3 according to Weather Service. Cars thrown and cinder brick homes flattened |
Read more about this topic: List Of Southern Hemisphere Tornadoes And Tornado Outbreaks
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