Storms shut down the Cape

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http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2353578,00.html

Staff Reporters, Die Burger

Cape Town - The storms which have been buffeting the Western Cape since Thursday last week, have left 16 000 people homeless.

Roads have been washed away and in the Citrusdal area, farms were cut off from the outside world on Monday.

Tourists and farm workers were evacuated by helicopter.

Advocate Christo Nel reported that 300mm of rain had fallen in the Cederberg Mountains and that the road between the Bo-rivier and Onder-rivier had been washed away.

Huguenot Tunnel closed

The Huguenot Tunnel was closed at 16:20 on Monday after a rockfall had made it inaccessible on the Worcester side.

According to a tunnel-control spokesperson they had to turn back large numbers of motorists and truck drivers as both sides of the tunnel were closed to traffic.

"Our guys are working very hard to open the tunnel, but the entire bank on the eastern side of the tunnel has collapsed because of the heavy rain."

The tunnel was reopened by 20:50.

No one was injured in the rockfall.

Disaster management spokesperson Wilfred Solomons said that a total of 3 347 structures in the Peninsula had been flooded and that the city was continuing its mopping-up operations.

Solomons added that the entire Cape Flats had been affected by the stormy weather.

Snow expected

Meanwhile, Carlton Fillis, a forecaster with the South African Weather Service, has said the rainy weather should clear up by Thursday, with snow expected by Tuesday evening on Matroosberg and the surrounding mountains higher than 1 500m.

Snow is expected in Sutherland on Tuesday night and "that will force temperatures even lower".
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I like the global warming. The rainy weather makes it so much better to sit and watch dvd's on my 42" LCD TV.
NF3 FTW!!
 
Yes the Cape have storms before they always do, all i am saying is that every year they seem to get worse, and yeah this winter hasn't been that cold up here in Joburg yet :)
 
EGAD. What I am worried about is that when this massive storm heads towards PE. Its going to cause major flooding as well.
 
Turtle said:
Never mind just last year, this is the warmest winter I can recall in over 30 years on the highveld.
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Where the hell do you people live. I think its a pretty cold winter. Outside might not be as deadly cold but night time is pretty miserable.
 
Just filled 2 12kg gas bottles for the heater and not much change left over from R500.
Last year's heating gas use was heavy but this year it's like sucking whipped cream gas canisters in a frenzy It's constant trips to refill...
 
Kim_Webchick said:
Yes the Cape have storms before they always do, all i am saying is that every year they seem to get worse,
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Perhaps your 'inconvenient truth' influenced imagination is running away with you :p:D
 
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No the winter in Jo Burg is a lot warmer than usual but the cold is still coming, the nights and early morning have been icy, Cape Town's floods are there every year but this year I really think a lot worse, and if they do move towards P.E there will be flooding there as well
 
I hate this bloody weather, it sucks to walk to work in the p1ssing rain, but at the same time, I love it!

This weather is great for cuddling and sex and blah blah blah but on another note, we complain we need rain, we get it, we complain we get too much.

We must work on ways to deal with it - that's all.

Now... about that sex! :D
 
gdiza said:
I hate this bloody weather, it sucks to walk to work in the p1ssing rain, but at the same time, I love it!

This weather is great for cuddling and sex and blah blah blah but on another note, we complain we need rain, we get it, we complain we get too much.

We must work on ways to deal with it - that's all.

Now... about that sex! :D
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How about single people like him --->:(, he doesn't get the cuddling & swex
 
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