weekend of fire and storms: 29 to 31 august 2008
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Weekend of fire and storms: 29 to 31 August 2008. Western Cape: Storms, snow, gale-force winds, 7m swells, flooding. Power failures. 7 people injured at Ottery PnP. Damage to aircraft. Traffic disruption. Kwazulu-Natal: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Weekend of fire and storms: 29 to 31 August 2008
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Western Cape:Storms, snow, gale-force winds, 7m swells, flooding. Power failures. 7
people injured at Ottery PnP. Damage to aircraft. Traffic disruption
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Kwazulu-Natal:
Snow. 7 people died in runaway fire; houses, cars and livestock damaged. Roads closed due to fires. Firefighting pilot died in plane
crash.
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Gauteng:
Fires: 5000 hectares burned, 7m high flames
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Free state:
Fires: cattle, game and grazing destroyed. Damage to property, farm implements.
Telkom and Eskom poles damaged in fires
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30 August 2008 14:00 SAST
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300hPa height on 30 August
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Predicted Windspeed, Temperature, Rainfall at George
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Normalised Difference Snow Index: 30 August 2008
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Normalised Difference Snow Index: 1 Sept 2008
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30 August 2008 14:00 SAST
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R: 1.2 micronG: 0.46 micronB: 2.1 micron
29 August200810:00 SAST
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Intense low pressure system, and associated weather caused severe
weather along the coast: the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KZN.
Hot, dry and windy conditions ahead of the cold front led to runaway fires in Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal and Free
State.