Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
More stormy weather loomed over Cape Town after days of high winds and drenching rain that have displaced hundreds of people, flooded homes and uprooted trees, authorities said on Friday. Close to ...
The main course of Tuesday night's storm, high winds and heavy rain, was conveniently served while most Cape Codders were asleep. 'Not as damaging.' Cape storm brings flooding, wind.
The 2023 Western Cape floods were a devastating series of floods affecting the Western Cape province of South Africa as a result of heavy rainfall on 24-25 September 2023. [1] The flooding resulted in at least 11 fatalities, the closure of over 200 roads, and over 80,000 people being left without electricity.
Many weather records are measured under specific conditions—such as surface temperature and wind speed—to keep consistency among measurements around the Earth. Each of these records is understood to be the record value officially observed, as these records may have been exceeded before modern weather instrumentation was invented, or in ...
An unusually large south Atlantic storm struck the southern coast of South Africa on 7 June 2017 with wind speeds as high as 120 km/h. [1] Wave heights of 9–12 metres were recorded between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas. [2] The storm directly caused eight deaths and damaged 135 schools across the Western Cape.
The National Weather Service has also issued a High Wind Warning for the Cape and Islands, in effect from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday. North winds from 25 to 35 mph are expected, with gusts up to ...
Cape Doctor" is the local name for the strong, often persistent and dry south-easterly wind that blows on the South African coast from spring to late summer (September to March in the southern hemisphere). It is known as the Cape Doctor because of a local belief that it clears Cape Town of pollution and 'pestilence'.
A wind advisory remained in effect for Cape Cod as of 3:30 p.m. but was forecast to slow to 17 mph by midnight. Eversource on Monday afternoon reported that hundreds of Eversource line and tree ...