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‘Extreme downpour’ leads to flooding in Cape

An “extreme downpour” has led to flooding in parts of Cape Town, affecting several hundred people in informal settlements, the city’s disaster risk management centre said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Charlotte Powell said assessments were being done at informal settlements in Khayelitsha, Strand, and Gugulethu. “No emergency sheltering has been activated,”[…]

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Capetonians brace themselves for rainy season

The first two days of June have brought with it a major cold front, which will only likely ease off at the end of the week. After a relatively dry autumn, Capetonians have been met with blustering winds and heavy rains, and in some parts of the peninsula, flooding has[…]

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Indian heatwave kills 600

More than 500 people have lost their lives in the past week in a sustained and severe heat wave in India. The worst-off areas are the southeastern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in southern India, where state authorities say more than 400 people have died in the past few days.[…]

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Rain helping CTown fire

The rain in Cape Town is helping firefighters battling the blaze in Muizenberg that broke out over the weekend, the city’s disaster risk management centre said on Wednesday. “The rain is good news for us because it helps,” spokeswoman Charlotte Powell said. “If it rains hard, it is a bonus[…]

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Muslims pray for rain

In a bid to bring some respite to the scorching weather that has fuelled a raging wildfire on Cape Town’s mountains, Muslims have been urged to pray for rain. On Tuesday evening, the Cape Town Islamic Educational Centre hosted Salaatul Istisqaa, a mass prayer for rain performed by the Mufti[…]

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China braced for 2nd typhoon

China was bracing Wednesday for the arrival of a second typhoon in as many weeks, as communities along the country’s southern coast cleared away debris in the wake of the earlier storm that killed 46 people. Authorities in eastern Zhejiang province, south of Shanghai, ordered fishing boats to return to[…]

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