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Weather
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Redditors Catch Giant Antarctica ‘Black Hole’ Weather Anomaly Near Cape Town
17 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The massive ‘black hole’ weather anomaly that materialised over Cape Town in the early hours has left many puzzled.
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Dubai Is Drowning After A Year’s Worth Of Rain Falls In One Day [Video]
17 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Nearly 100 mm of rain fell in just 12 hours on Tuesday, partly thanks to the UAE’s cloud seeding operations.
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Trucks Blowing Off Bridges, Roofs Flying, Trees Breaking – All The Damage From This Weekend’s Wild Weather [Videos]
08 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
A couple of vehicles, including trucks, were launched off the N1 bridge just before the Huguenot Tunnel outside Paarl, roofs split and shattered in the wind blowing over Gordon’s Bay, while trees broke and debris was flung into the roads all over the rest of the Western Cape this weekend.
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NFL Fans Suffered Frostbite And Amputations After Attending Infamous -20°C Football Game
03 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Freezing fans were allowed to bring heated blankets into the stadium, and small pieces of cardboard to place under their feet on the cold concrete.
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Unexpected Wave Sweeps Toddler In A Pram Off Kalk Bay Harbour Pier
21 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
It must have been a sight to behold watching all the people come together to help each other.
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Video Of ‘Green And Red Flying Object’ In Storm Cloud Had Boksburg In A Tizz Over The Weekend
19 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
“Hovered for quite a while next to a lightning cloud which was also weird because there was only lightning in this one particular cloud, no thunder no storm anywhere else. Then this object rose straight up and hovered there..”
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Fire And Ice In Iceland As Another Lava Fissure Opens Up, Leaving Residents In The Cold [Videos]
12 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Although scientists are learning more with every eruption, there’s still a great deal of uncertainty for Iceland as a new volcanic era begins.
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Barcelona Residents Might Be Facing Their Own Day Zero Soon
02 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Below-average rainfall since 2020 has Spain’s Catalonia region bracing for severe water restrictions as dams and reservoirs run dry.
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This Year’s Fire Season Has Begun And Officials Warn It Could Be The Most Extreme Since 2015
28 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The managing director of Working on Fire said that 2023 was “the year of the planet burning, both figuratively and literally”.
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The Ground Beneath Icelanders’ Feet Has Literally Been Splitting Apart [Video]
16 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Shocking footage is making its way around social media, showing steam rising from the large gashes in roads and sidewalks.
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The Weather Up North Is Extreme Right Now – Tornado In Mpumalanga And Hailstorm In Gauteng [Video]
14 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
On Monday, parts of Johannesburg were ravaged by an extreme hailstorm while a tornado threatened residents in Standerton in Mpumalanga.
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Ashton’s Monstrous Bridge Over Troubled Waters Has Its Big Moment
27 Sep 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Footage of the devastation left behind by the recent Cape storms has been flooding our feeds for the last few days, but as we count the costs of nature’s tantrum, likely and unlikely heroes are emerging from the deluge of bad news.
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Three SA Provinces See 22 Rainfall Records In One Day – Why Is Rain Getting More Extreme?
27 Sep 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
It is clear that this year has been our wettest in the last 10 years, but the Heritage Day weekend alone saw more rainfall than anything before in the province’s recent history.
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Severe Storms Caused Havoc In Cape Town Over The Weekend [Video&Images]
26 Sep 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The Western Cape was hammered by severe storms this long weekend, causing road closures, mudslides and stranding thousands of people.
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Firefighting Plane Crashes As Devastating Wildfires Spread Across Europe [Videos]
26 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Large parts of Europe resembles a post-apocalyptic movie as recent footage shows fires lapping at Italy’s Palermo’s international airport while two pilots were killed when their firefighting aeroplane lost control and crashed.
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Record Heatwaves Are Hitting Everywhere From Europe To The US And Japan
17 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
It looks like the word ‘unprecedented’ is here to stay, and this time it is in reference to the climate crisis.
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Experts Warn It Won’t Be Pretty If Lightning Strikes While You’re Taking A Shower
11 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Yes, just like a cockroach, lightning can use your plumbing as a conduit, and even just washing your hands can make you a perfect target for Thor’s bolts.
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Check Out How Enthralled Jozi Residents Were By The Snow On Monday [Images+Videos]
11 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
On Sunday night, a cold front swept over the country, dropping temperatures to the negatives in some parts, allowing snow to buffet down and surprise people the next day.
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More Sea Point Drama – Woman In Critical Condition After Being Swept Out To Sea At Rocklands Beach
05 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A woman is in critical condition after being swept off the rocks by a wave yesterday afternoon, with rescuers pulling her to safety after passersby noticed a body floating in the water about 200m offshore.
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Cape Town Residents Urged To Still Make Water-Wise Decisions Despite Full Dams
04 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Water officials of Cape Town are asking residents to still make water-wise decisions despite our dams flourishing at more than 90% full.
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Some Passengers Hospitalised From Plane Turbulence On Way To Sydney – Science Writer Explains Why Flights Are Getting Bumpier
04 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The bad news is that flights are getting bumpier; there have been several reports of dangerous – and in one instance fatal – turbulence in recent months.
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Marvel At These Parts Of South Africa That Have Become A Snowy Spectacle [Images+Videos]
30 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Us Saffas still glamourise the icy stuff because, as a rare occurrence in only some parts of our country at particular times in the year, we are not treated to it enough to quite get over it.
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Highly Experienced SA Firefighters Still Battling Against Canada’s Wildfires, Said They’re “Nothing Like In SA”
29 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Besides our own firefighters working on the embers and flames, hundreds of other international firefighters are also in the area helping overwhelmed Canadians with the complex task of controlling the, frankly, uncontrolled blazes.
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KZN Is Not Catching A Break – A Tornado Just Ripped Through Parts Of Durban [Videos]
28 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Flooding in Cape Town, an earthquake in Gauteng, and now a tornado in KwaZulu-Natal. It’s as if nature is trying to tell us something.
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Keen To Head Back Into The Mountains? Consider These Popular Areas Wrecked By The Heavy Rain
26 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
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.
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Heart-Stopping Moment Florida Cop And Man Get Sucked Into Drain Pipe During Flooding [Video]
21 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
“Can you f—ing believe what just happened to us?” said a Florida deputy to the motorist that he tried to save before they were both swept into a drain pipe under a massive highway.
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Cape Town Drivers Clearly Need A Reminder Of How To Drive In Heavy Rain
21 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
If you do find yourself needing to commute to work or are mad enough to want to go out, you will definitely have found that the roads are pure chaos in the rain.
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The Flooding In Cape Town Is Hectic Right Now – We’ve Rounded Up All The Footage [Images&Videos]
15 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
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.
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Western Cape Dam Levels Are Looking Lekker After All This Rain
14 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The six major dams in the province are cumulatively more full compared to how they were in a similar period last year.
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“I’ve Never Experienced Anything Like This” – Canada Engulfed In Smoke Looks Apocalyptic [Images&Videos]
08 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Deep wafts of wildfire smoke in Canada have been drifting around the region, swallowing whole cities in a thick, yellow haze like something from an apocalypse movie.
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