more cold fronts to wallop Cape of Storms

Mthyiane and her grandson, Qaqambile, were in the news 11 months ago when a violent eight-day-long taxi protest hit the city, leaving one of her grandchildren stranded and having to find his way home from school.

The SA Weather Service issued multiple alerts for more severe weather on Tuesday:

• An orange level 6 warning for disruptive rain leading to flooding and possible mudslides over Cape Town, Drakenstein and Stellenbosch municipalities.

• Yellow level 4 warning for disruptive rain leading to flooding and damage of roads and bridges over the West Coast, northern parts of the Cape winelands and western parts of the Overberg.

• Yellow level 2 warning for damaging winds resulting in damage to property, difficult driving conditions and communication and power interruptions over the Western and Central interior of the Eastern Cape.

• Yellow level 4 warning for damaging winds over the central and eastern parts of the Western Cape, the southern parts of Namakwa district municipality in the Northern Cape — resulting in damage to property, difficult driving conditions and communication and power interruptions, injuries due to flying debris.

• Yellow level 4 warning for damaging winds and waves between Port Edward and Durban and between Lamberts Bay and Cape Agulhas.

• Yellow level 6 warning for damaging winds and waves between Plettenberg Bay and Port Edward leading to disruption of small harbours and ports, risk to small and medium vessels of dragging anchors, danger to life from large waves along the coastal routes and coastal communities.

• Orange level 6 warning for damaging waves between Table Bay and Struisbaai.

• Yellow level 4 warning for damaging waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea between Cape Agulhas and Plettenberg Bay.

• Yellow level 6 warning for storm surge leading flooding of low-lying coastal areas, and disruptions to beach front activities between Plettenberg Bay and East London and a yellow level 4 warning for storm surge leading to localised flooding of low-lying coastal areas, and disruptions to beach front activities between East London and Mazeppa Bay.

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