# ‘n Tweede tifoon in ‘n week storm af op die Filippyne, met inwoners wat gewaarsku word om te vlug voor die dreigende vernietigende winde en lewensgevaarlike stormgetye. Fung-wong volg kort op die hakke van Tifoon Kalmaegi, wat die dood van sowat 200 mense in die sentrale deel van die Filippyne veroorsaak het, asook as […]
# Western Cape Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC, Anton Bredell says firefighting services remain fully mobilised as teams continue to manage several wildfire incidents in Bredasdorp, Lanquedoc and Ashton and Montagu area. The department’s spokesperson, Wouter Kriel says the Bredasdorp fire, which is currently suspected to be malicious, has destroyed one-thousand-200 hectares across […]
# A second typhoon in a week is churning toward the Philippines, with residents in its path warned to flee the looming destructive winds and life-threatening storm surges. Fung-wong follows on the heels of Typhoon Kalmaegi, which killed almost 200 people in the central part of the Philippines, as well as five people in Vietnam. […]
# The City of Cape Town has appointed its first chief heat officer as the city faces rising temperatures and more frequent extreme heat events. The city’s resilience and climate change manager, Albert Ferreira, will lead awareness campaigns and guide heat-related interventions, especially in vulnerable communities. Ferreira urged residents to stay hydrated, avoid peak heat […]
# The South African Weather Service has issued a yellow Level Two warning for severe thunderstorms in Gauteng and other provinces. Rain may cause localised flooding, while some areas could see damaging winds and hail. Forecaster Lehlohonolo Thobela predicts showers and thundershowers across the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, North West, northern Northern Cape, and high-lying […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad het sy eerste hoof- hittebeampte aangestel met die stad wat stygende temperature en meer gereelde buitengewone hittevoorvalle in die gesig staar. Die stad se bestuurder vir veerkragtigheid en klimaatsverandering, Albert Ferreira, sal bewusmakingsveldtogte lei en hitteverwante ingrypings begelei, veral in kwesbare gemeenskappe. Ferreira het inwoners aangespoor om te midde van toenemende […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het ‘n geel vlak twee-waarskuwing uitgereik vir hewige donderstorms in Gauteng en ander provinsies. Reën kan plaaslike oorstromings veroorsaak, terwyl sommige gebiede skadelike wind en hael kan verwag. Weervoorspeller Lehlohonolo Thobela voorspel buie en donderbuie oor die Vrystaat, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Noordwes, die noordelike Noord-Kaap en hoogliggende gebiede van Mpumalanga. Inwoners word […]
# The Western Cape has declared Mount David Nature Reserve, an eight-hundred-hectare sanctuary of threatened ecosystems and endangered species near Hermanus in the Overberg. Formerly known as Diepgat, it was restored over 17 years by Antony van Hoogstraten, transforming farmland into wetlands and pristine fynbos. Capenature’s Luk Folb, says critically endangered plants and the Moonlight […]
# Die Wes-Kaap het die Mount David Natuurreservaat as ‘n agthonderd-hektaar-reservaat vir bedreigde ekosisteme en bedreigde spesies verklaar. Die reservaat, naby Hermanus in die Overberg, was voorheen bekend as Diepgat en is oor 17 jaar deur Antony van Hoogstraten herbou, met landbougrond wat in vleilande en ongerepte fynbos omskep is. Luk Folb van CapeNature sê […]
