Cape town rainfall
About 700 homes affected by floods amid CT heavy rains
Residents have been affected in areas including Khayelitsha, Strand and Gugulethu following days of downpours.
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[GALLERY] Winter elements batter Cape Town
Heavy rains bucketing down, gale force winds and icy temperatures are some of the elements Capetonians had to endure since the weekend.
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Hail and thunder could hit Cape Town on Sunday night
A cold front moved into the Western Cape on Sunday, bringing with it heavy rain in Cape Town.
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CT officials respond to numerous cases of flooded roads
The South African Weather Service has warned that the cold and rainy weather conditions in the Mother City are set to intensify overnight.
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CT authorities dismiss hoax hurricane messages
Environmental Affairs MEC's spokesperson James Brent-Styan says the City of Cape Town’s Disaster Operations Centre is inundated with calls from the public about the message.
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May rains an improvement, but CT still under drought conditions, says dept
A University of Cape Town climatologist, says that based on the current rainfall statistics, Cape Town can expect a normal year ahead.
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Climatologist: CT can expect normal year ahead based on current rainfall
Hydro-climatologist at UCT's Climate System Analysis Group, Piotr Wolski says May's rainfall average is better than the previous years.
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Chances of above normal rainy season in CT slim
Rainfall measured at the Cape Town Airport station was 53.2 millimetres in April above the average of 40 millimetres. However, Dr Peter Johnson says this is not significant.
