Severe weather in South Africa
Severe weather with Strong winds and heavy rainfall wreaked havoc in South Africa's Cape Province, including Cape Town, forcing many schools to close. The heavy winds blew off roofs, uprooted trees and fuelled wildfires, causing serious damage to a wine farm in Stellenbosch and some properties in the Glencairn area.
The weather service issued warnings for heavy rains that may result in flooding and landslides.
- Tipo de evento
- Inundación, Corrimiento de tierras
- Ubicación del evento
- South Africa
- Fecha de activación de la Carta
- 2024-04-08
- Hora de activación de la Carta
- 09:49
- Zona horaria de activación de la Carta
- UTC+02:00
- Solicitante de carta
- National Disaster Management Centre
- ID de activación
- 872
- Gestión de proyectos
- Morwapula Mashalane (SANSA)
- Valor agregado
- South African National Space Agency,
- Thando Oliphant (SANSA),
- Xitshembiso Mqomboti (NDMC)