News
Cold front: Johannesburg EMS on high alert for fire incidents
The SA Weather Service says most parts of Gauteng will experience a significant drop in temperatures this coming weekend
News
Wildfires expected due to heat wave in Western and Northern Cape
Resources have been dispatched in various areas because of hot temperatures in parts of the Western Cape and Northern Cape.
Weather
Heatwave: SAWS confirm new temperature record – but NOT for Cape Town
A technicality has prevented Cape Town from claiming a new temperature record – but long-standing values tumbled elsewhere…
Weather
Orania amongst TWELVE more towns to suffer ‘record low temperatures’
Suburbs of Johannesburg and Kimberley have experienced record low temperatures since Friday – and even Orania has ‘frozen over’.
Weather
Brrrr! Four SA towns just recorded their COLDEST EVER temperatures
Believe it or not, one of these ‘coldest ever temperatures’ was recorded in Estcourt, KZN – ensuring that Jacob Zuma had a chilly night in his jail cell.
Environment
Mother bear and cubs take a dip in backyard swimming pool [video]
A mother bear and her cubs took a dip in a backyard pool as Canada broke its temperature record for a third straight day with 49.6C.
Environment
Rising temperatures will kill more people than disease, study says
Given a possible scenario of a global temperature rise of three degrees Celsius, heat will kill more people then disease, study predicts.