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 Brace yourselves for more frosty days
Independent online
| The freezing weather that has engulfed many parts of the country, claiming one life and leaving many stranded or without shelter, looks set to continue, according to the South African Weather Service. Inclement weather has affected transport throughout the country, including the rescheduling of fl...
A man waiting for sun in the cold weather
(photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
 'Bitterly' cold weather expected
Independent online
| Many areas in South Africa would be "bitterly cold" over the weekend, the SA Weather Service said on Friday. | Forecaster Mark Todd said minimum temperatures would be in the negatives in many parts of the country, and a weak cold front on Sunday would bring more cold weather. | Day-time temperatur...
 Brace yourselves for more frosty days
Independent online
| The freezing weather that has engulfed many parts of the country, claiming one life and leaving many stranded or without shelter, looks set to continue, according to the South African Weather Service. Inclement weather has affected transport throug...
 'Bitterly' cold weather expected
Independent online
| Many areas in South Africa would be "bitterly cold" over the weekend, the SA Weather Service said on Friday. | Forecaster Mark Todd said minimum temperatures would be in the negatives in many parts of the country, and a weak cold front on Sunday wo...
 KZN to miss cold, wet weather
Independent online
| It looks as if KwaZulu-Natal will miss the worst of the gale-force winds, rain and cold buffeting Western Cape and Eastern Cape. | But temperatures are still set to dip, with rain and showers expected on Friday and Saturday. | Forecast lows are 11&...
 PARIS Nokias decision to cut wholesale prices on its mobile phones appears to have helped the Finnish company to stave off further erosion of its global market share in the second quarter, a new industry study shows. sa1
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Mobiles boost Africa climate data
BBC News
| Gaping gaps in weather and climate data across Africa may be filled by a partnership between humanitarian groups and mobile phone companies. | The project aims to deploy 5,000 au...
Operational Meteorology
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Ghana Meteorological Agency issues weather warning
Joy Online
The Ghana Meteorological Agency, on Monday cautioned the public that a moderate to severe rainstorm observed over Togo and moving steadily westward is expected to give rise to squa...
Farmers plant paddy seedlings in a field at the village of Budgam, about 25,km from the Eastern city of Srinagar,23,May, 2009, Rice is the principal crop grown in India, and the country ranks second only to China in world rice production. Sowing has begun earlier than usual this year due to the early onset of the annual monsoon rains that feed the farms which provide a livelihood for more than 60 per cent of India's 1.1 billion people
WN / Imran Nissar
Indian farmers to insure themselves against climate change crop failure
The Guardian
| UN negotiators at Bonn consider micro-insurance schemes among adaptation measures for Africa, Asia and Latin America | A farmer in India carrying wheat. Photograph: Stringer Indi...
Weather Monitoring Stations Will Help Africa Adapt To Climate Change
Voa News
| A new initiative has been launched in Geneva to radically improve Africa's weather monitoring network.  Its aim is to help people across the continent adapt to the impact of climate change.  The Global Humanitarian Forum headed by former ...
Annan backs better weather forecasting for Africa
USA Today
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | By Alexander G. Higgins, Associated Press Writer GENEVA — Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan heralded a project Thursday aimed at greatly improving weather forecasts in Africa by taking advantag...
Mobiles boost Africa climate data
BBC News
| Gaping gaps in weather and climate data across Africa may be filled by a partnership between humanitarian groups and mobile phone companies. | The project aims to deploy 5,000 automatic weather stations across the continent mounted on phone masts. ...
Calamity
A man waiting for sun in the cold weather
(photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
 'Bitterly' cold weather expected
Independent online
| Many areas in South Africa would be "bitterly cold" over the weekend, the SA Weather Service said on Friday. | Forecaster Mark Todd said minimum temperatures would be in the negatives in many parts of the country, and a weak cold front on Sunday would bring more cold weather. | Day-time temperatures would be cold in many parts but were expected t...
Health & Diseases
A street market in Oshakati, Namibia.
(photo: GFDL)
Meet the ancestors: DNA study pinpoints Namibia as home to the world's most ancient race
The Daily Mail
| Scientists have long known that humans originated in Africa, but now a groundbreaking DNA study has revealed our 'Garden of Eden' is likely to be on the South African-Namibian border. | For it is the San people, hunter-gatherers in this area for thousands of years, who researchers now believe are the oldest human population on Earth. | They are d...



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