[IN PICTURES] Snow turns Lesotho into winter wonderland

Snow is sweeping through Lesotho and the Eastern Cape through Thursday and Friday, with up five centimetres expected to fall on Friday evening.

Snowfall in Lesotho. Picture: @SnowReportSA/Twitter.

LungeloS | 226 days ago

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's neighbour, Lesotho, has been transformed into a winter wonderland by thick blankets of snow spread across the small country.

Snow Report reported snow is sweeping through Lesotho and the Eastern Cape through Thursday and Friday, with up five centimetres expected to fall on Friday evening.

Check out these images on social media.

Still currently snowing at the Top of Sani Pass @sanimountain pic.twitter.com/2WfNbaFqC2
— Snow Report SA (@SnowReportSA) August 10, 2018

Waking up to 30cm of snow❄️ in #Lesotho 🇱🇸, ok, no problem, @WFP will still deliver #LeaveNoOneBehind pic.twitter.com/ieuJfNhz6c
— WFP_Africa (@WFP_Africa) August 10, 2018

Snow in #Lesotho yoh that's why it's so cold here pic.twitter.com/5edmzgN1J7
— PHEMELO (@PhemeloSA) August 10, 2018

Winter in the Northern Hemisphere? Nope! Snow in Lesotho! We had approximately 30cm of snowfall last night transforming our lodge into a Winter Wonderland. #Semonkong #Lesotho #LoveLesotho @SnowReportSA @visitlesotho @Traveller24_SA @Lestimes pic.twitter.com/jNvG2V20ua
— Semonkong Lodge (@Semonkonglodge) August 10, 2018

Current Situation at Marakabei, near Mohale dam in the Mountain Kingdom of the Basotho, the Kingdom in the Sky! Wish I was there #Lesotho #VisitLesotho pic.twitter.com/WuixOZ8Lsa
— Tapiwa Munjoma (@TapiwaMunjoma) August 10, 2018

My country's beauty defies logic! #Lesotho haeso💕👌😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/iygx5oqaVX
— Lesotho-Pele♥ (@mamsy77) August 10, 2018

View from the deck at @sanimountain #snow #southafrica pic.twitter.com/QEt2eqxFf9
— Snow Report SA (@SnowReportSA) August 10, 2018

SANI NEWS: No cars have made it up yet. Sani Pass Tours are sending a car up soon to see if they can get there. @sanimountain pic.twitter.com/ochHBIRh4T
— Snow Report SA (@SnowReportSA) August 10, 2018

#Lesotho #Snow #FridayFeeling #WomensMonth pic.twitter.com/iyGqUtaRc2
— Cheetah 🐆 (@StylesLebohang) August 10, 2018

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[IN PICTURES] Snow turns Lesotho into winter wonderland

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