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On Monday, the coldest temperatures of this year’s winter were recorded in the surrounding province of Gauteng at minus 2 degrees Celsius, rising to 6 to 13 degrees during the day. Authorities warned the population to keep warm. Farmers must protect their livestock. Cold temperatures were expected throughout the week.
“I’ve lived in Johannesburg all my life and this is maybe the second time I’ve seen snow,” a resident told the German news agency on Monday. “I expected a lot more because it is so cold today. But I worry about the people living on the streets. You need help.”
In Gauteng, where Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria are located, it snows on average once every ten years, according to the South African Weather Service – most recently on August 7, 2012. In other parts of the country, little snow falls in winter in the southern hemisphere. It also snowed in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga provinces on Monday, according to the South African Weather Service. Apart from delays in rush hour traffic, there were no major disruptions.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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