Celebration as rain falls in SA but not enough to help with dam levels
Six provinces across drought-ravaged SA have enjoyed rain‚ accompanied by cool temperatures. Although not enough to help with dam levels‚ it was cause of celebration on social media and office chatrooms alike on Wednesday as people shared their pleasure at some moisture to settle the dust. Weather Watch SA shared: "Good falls of rain reported this morning from GP/LP/MP/KZN with band of showers + thundershowers still over E-SA." The South African Weather Service cautioned‚ however‚ that the rainfall was "insignificant". Areas that experienced rain‚ according to the service‚ included some parts of the North West‚ Gauteng‚ Mpumalanga‚ the Free State‚ KwaZulu-Natal and some parts of Limpopo. There was no rain recorded in the Western Cape and only the Eastern parts of the Eastern Cape. Forecaster Mkhushulwa Simanga said rain would become isolated in these areas throughout the week. "Temperatures will remain cool in the mentioned areas. They will reach the warm category on Thursday. We ar...
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