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Team South Africa’s Douw Smit on his way to finishing third in the men’s javelin qualifying at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow yesterday. Smit’s best throw of 80.64m was enough for him to qualify for the final tonight. & back page
The worst is still to come: stronger, wetter storms, bigger hail, droughts and scorching heat – that’s what to expect of the El Nino weather phenomenon that will hit the country at the end of the year. ‘But the intensity, timing and...
The looming El Nino which is expected to hit the country towards the end of the year, could be the worst on record, meaning droughts and high temperatures across southern Africa. This is along with major impacts on a South African economy...
Predictions of a moderate to strong El Nino this coming summer should not to be taken lightly or ignored, say experts. According to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the unusually warm ocean waters in the tropical Pacific...
El Nino is characterised by a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. It typically occurs every two to seven years and lasts around nine to 12 months. It generally begins developing between...
The coming El Nino event – which scientists say has a probability of up to 90% – could be the strongest on record, eclipsing the devastating one of 1877, which was so calamitous, according to some experts, that it change the course of...
