“Snowfall covered South Africa: roads are blocked, snowdrifts sometimes reach two meters In the Republic of South Africa, up to two meters of snow fell, which blocked traffic on the roads. The highway between the two largest provinces is closed, emergency services are working to help stranded drivers.”, — write on: unn.ua
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Abnormal snowfall forced the closure of one of the South African highways that connects Gauteng with KwaZulu-Natal, the country’s two most populous provinces.
It was that section that became one of the most affected by the snow, and it was not possible to use bypass roads there. Emergency services all night. worked to reach the people in the cars
The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government said in a statement at midday that blankets and food had been delivered to several stranded drivers.
Meanwhile, footage of an unexpectedly snowy Africa appeared on social networks.
We will remind
Meanwhile, Chad in Central Africa continues to suffer from severe flooding that has been ongoing since July this year. According to the UN, the natural disaster claimed 503 lives, injured 1.7 million people, destroyed 200,000 houses and flooded 350,000 hectares of land.