Scenes from Cape Town as cold front hits
The cold front has battered the city with gale force wind and high seas. Residents and visitors to the city took to Twitter to share their photos and videos #CapeStorm.
A cold front arrived in Cape Town early this morning and brought with it chilly, wet and windy weather.
A warning issued by the South African Weather Service stated that a strong off shore low pressure system, with the cold front over the Western Cape, resulted in gale to strong gale force winds, high to very high seas and storm surges. The service also warned of winds between 80-100km/h .
⚠️Media Release⚠️: Intense #ColdFront expected in the Cape Provinces on Monday (13 July 2020). pic.twitter.com/NqyCQoV4gp
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) July 12, 2020
Cape Town today 😬 #CapeStorm pic.twitter.com/MvTtvoYNsC
— Vusi Gubeni (@Vusi_Gubeni) July 13, 2020
A ship at sunset beach in Milnerton #CapeTown trying to get to the shore.
🎥 Supplied #CapeTown #CapeTown #CapeStorm #ColdFront#Day109OfLockdown pic.twitter.com/FS6pxBLHcu
— Wardāh Wilkinson (@WardahWilkinson) July 13, 2020
#CapeStorm pic.twitter.com/9P3SSlkGiJ
— Avukile Mabombo (@Avukile) July 13, 2020
This people’s trampoline has gone with the wind!!🤭😳 #CapeStorm #storm! If it wasn’t for the pole it would have ended up in Muizenberg or worse through someone’s window or car!!😱👀🙏 pic.twitter.com/c5bQUw5X8q
— Greg (@tpgbru) July 13, 2020
Storm damage inn the town of Ceres in the WC.📷 Hein En Christelle Munnik #CapeStorm #Ceres. @SAWeatherServic @afriwx @peoples_weather @eNuus @AnnetteBotha_WX @eNCA @ewnreporter @Netwerk24 @News24 pic.twitter.com/J7XppGO28A
— ReenvalSA (@ReenvalSA) July 13, 2020
WATCH: Massive waves have engulfed the Sea Point area and Beach Road has been closed. Winds and rain has lashed the Cape since Sunday evening and an intense cold front has made landfall today. https://t.co/k5V90g0jg8 pic.twitter.com/oJttJLSTqu
— Cape {town} Etc (@CapeTownEtc) July 13, 2020
What’s happening in Cape town 👀👀👀👀👀 pic.twitter.com/CV8SLs9xMB
— Gretchy (@Gretchen_Ndou) July 13, 2020
In Polokwane residents will also feel the effects of the cold front with temperatures remaining in the low twenties for most parts of the week. Minimum temperatures of 0°C are also expected for Friday and Saturday.
Follow the daily weather forecasts on @PolokwaneReview
