The ocean was expected to draw back dramatically on Sunday night amid wild and unpredictable weather which swept over the Eastern Cape on the weekend. A huge swell of 8.3m containing massive amounts of wave energy is expected to peak on Thursday. A cut-off low-pressure cell south of Cape Town was the cause of the rain and wind, but the warning of a “negative” sea surge was a new addition to the disaster warnings.
For some years now, the Free State has experienced unusually high precipitation, along with strong thunderstorms and hail, which have severely damaged homes, buildings, crops, and plants.Thi.
The 2023 Global Status of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems Report was released during COP28 and analyses the latest data one year into the Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4All), which aims to cover all countries with early warning systems by the end of 2027.
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