Sunday, July 11, 2010

Bad weather warning for the Cape

The SA Weather Service has warned of heavy rain, a possible snow and very cold conditions over some parts of the Western and Southern Cape, the Cape Town Disaster Risk Management team said on Saturday.

Heavy falls of rain were expected along the Overberg mountains, spreading to the mountains of the south coast on Sunday, a statement released by the team said.

Snowfalls were also possible on the high ground of the Western Cape and the south-western high ground of the Northern Cape.

Although no rain was being forecast for the Cape Peninsula, bitterly cold conditions would prevail which could possibly risk the lives of particularly the homeless, the warning statement said.

Disaster management's spokesman, Wilfred Solomons-Jones, said Cape Town's disaster response team was on high alert for any possibly life-threatening situations.

- Sapa

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