South African National Parks (SANParks) confirmed that the park’s infrastructure and natural vegetation had taken a knock, leading to dangerous conditions for hikers and trail runners.
Parts of the city are now racked with non-load-shedding related electricity supply issues as power plants become soaked, with a lack of running trains, and overall havoc on the roads as they become increasingly waterlogged.
Yeah, we’re talking about the weather and it is actually fascinating.
A series of cold fronts are expected to make landfall in the Western Cape between Friday and Saturday, with the possibility of snow as well.
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Batten down the hatches, Capetonians, because it looks like we’re in for a spell of nasty weather.
Yesterday gale-force winds blew through the Cape, taking down a truck on the N1 Outbound at the Huguenot Tunnel.
Trees have been blown over, roofs have been ripped from buildings, and anybody who parked their car along the Sea Point coastline may want to move it unless they fancy a complete foam coating free of charge.
Power outages, damaged homes, totalled cars, and uprooted trees – the weather this weekend was hectic.
Prepare for a beast of a day in the Mother City, some weather sites predicting gusts of winds close to 100 km/h during the day.