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.
- Type of event
- Flood, Landslide
- Location of event
- South Africa
- Date of Charter Activation
- 2024-04-08
- Time of Charter Activation
- 09:49
- Time zone of Charter Activation
- UTC+02:00
- Charter Requestor
- National Disaster Management Centre
- Activation ID
- 872
- Project Management
- Morwapula Mashalane (SANSA)
- Value Adding
- South African National Space Agency,
- Thando Oliphant (SANSA),
- Xitshembiso Mqomboti (NDMC)