Four trucks jack-knifed and a bus veered off slippery roads in the Eastern Cape as snow measuring between 5 and 20cm fell in high-laying areas in province. | MaliDayimani
The South African Weather Service in Gqeberha said snow fell over parts of the Kou-Kamma, Dr Beyers Naude, Blue Crane Route, Mhlontlo and Raymond Mhlaba local municipalities as well as the Alfred Nzo, Chris Hani and Joe Gqabi district municipalities.
It added expected accumulations of snow were between 0.5 and 5cm over much of the high lying areas, but between 5 and 20cm around the local municipalities of Dr Beyers Naude, Raymond Mhlaba, Senqu and Elundini as well as in Chris Hani and Alfred Nzo district municipalities on Sunday and Monday. The weather service said cold, snowy, and wet conditions were expected to last until Monday with the weather clearing and daytime temperatures recovering from Tuesday."Widespread frost is expected over much of the province's interior for tomorrow morning [Tuesday], with freezing fog possible in places over the north-eastern high ground in the morning," added forecaster Lelo Kleinbooi.
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