2 hours agoRare snowfalls in South Africa
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The cold front hits Western Cape before moving to other parts of South Africa, bringing snow rains and strong winds. On Thursday, an intense cold <x0front linked to a steep high air plow” hit the western parts of the country, said the Weather Service [...]
The cold front hits Western Cape before moving to other parts of South Africa, bringing snow rains and strong winds.
On Thursday, an intense cold <x0frons linked to a steep high air plow” hit the western parts of the country, South Africa Weather Service said.
Numerous rains are also expected in western parts of the Western Cape. This will spread to western and southern parts of the North Head.
When a cold front hit the province in July, Cape Town said that due to health and security measures, Covid-19 was prevented from providing shelters for informal settlements affected by the floods, writes Africannews,transmeton Klankosova.tv.
As a result, the accumulate of snowfall between 5cm and 10cm is expected in the upper areas of Cape Ciineland, Garden Routte, Central Caroo and the southern and western parts of Namacea County in North Cape.
A statement by Charlotte Powell, the city's disaster risk management spokeswoman, said that the city's services are ready to deal with any situation related to the unfavourable weather, such as cleaning flooded roads, blocking sewers and trees.
