An analysis of rainfall data from weather service stations revealed that Cape Town far exceeded the long-term average of rainfall for the month.
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.
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.
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.