Battered Margate: Picking up the pieces [WATCH]

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This is the message from Stephen Herbst from Tidy Towns Shelly Beach to Margate after a storm turned Margate upside down last Sunday night.

The Margate Bowling Club, due to run Margate Week in May, was in ruins. This event draws players from around the country and is a great revenue boost for local restaurants and holiday accommodation.Fridges and tyres even landed up on the beachfront along with masses of debris.The South African Weather Services said that on Sunday 249.8mm of rain was recorded, and then to add more salt to the wounds, a further 32.0mm of rain fell on Monday evening.

Within some 48 hours, the resilient South Coast community had cleared the beach vowing to get it clean and open to the public.In a space of a short period, they had even managed to save some of compromised palm trees on the beach.

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