SAWS Issues Disruptive Weather Warning for Western Cape

• The South African Weather Service has issued a weather warning for parts of the Western Cape until the coming weekend
• The province, which has been experiencing severe weather, is expected to be hit with extreme weather patterns
• South Africans are not ready, as parts of the country have been hit by floods and cold weather since the beginning of winter

For seven years, Tebogo Mokwena, a journalist at Briefly News in Johannesburg, South Africa, covered a range of topics, including accidents, fires, outbreaks, nature, weather, and natural disaster-related incidents, at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News.

WESTERN CAPE — The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned residents in the Western Cape that it will be a cold weekend as more severe weather is expected in South Africa.

Severe weather in the Western Cape

According to SABC News, SAWS issued a Yellow Level 4 warning for disruptive rainfall in the Western Cape. The Cape Winelands, the West Coast and the Overberg region will be hit but a series of cold front which will hit the province on 3 July and last until 7 July.

SAWS warned that the most significant cold front will hit the western parts of the province from 3 July to 7 July. A third cold front will make landfall on 6 July. The impact of the successive cold fronts include severe and disruptive rainfall which could flood roads and informal settlements and cause infrastructure damage.

What's been happening in SA?

Recently, different parts of the country, including the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape, have experienced severe rainfall and cold weather conditions. The Eastern Cape was the hardest hit, as the floods displaced over 6000 people and killed more than 100 people.

What you need to know about recent weather

• Snow Report predicted snowfall for the final week of June which fell from the 25th to the 28th, bringing bitterly cold weather
• Stormchaser Juandre Vorster commented on the double cold front which hit parts of the country
• The Department of Home Affairs and other government departments visited victims of the Eastern Cape floods and helped them with identity document registrations
• A rescuer opened up about the difficulties of locating bodies of flood victims when the death toll rose to 100
• Severe weather caused damage to parts of Cape Town in the Western Cape on 24 June

What did South Africans say?

Netizens commenting on SABC News' Facebook shared their views.

Angie Mohlapa said:

"You will see people planning to travel tomorrow."

MJ Mphahlele said:

"Cape Town has four seasons in one day. I couldn't stand that weather at all."

Scelo Mtakwende said:

"Western Cape is slowly becoming a European country."

Gilipin Fabrication said;

"Some people won't heed the call for safety."

Government may give flood victims grant'

In a related article, Briefly News reported that the Minister of Human Settlements, Thembi Simelane, said the government is considering giving flood victims a grant. She spoke after she visited the province after the devastating floods.

Simelane said that the government may give victims R12,000 as a grant to rebuild their homes. She addeed that more than 6000 people loost their homes due to the floods.

Source: Briefly News