Maria David & Niël Terblanché
NAMIBIAN in northern parts of the country were overwhelmed with joy as a heavy rain shower fell over large swaths of thirsty land on Wednesday afternoon.
The heavy shower followed sporadic light showers that fell over the past few days. The heavy shower formed streams of water on the ground that started to fill the various Oshanas between the larger towns of the region which is named after the shallow water pans.
Members of the community even went out in the rain to collect rain water in a large variety of containers.
Further to the south residents of Otavi and Otjiwarongo also reported showers in their immediate area.
Thick banks of clouds built over Windhoek and by the late afternoon rain started to fall over certain parts of the city.
Namibians can expect partly cloudy and hot to very hot weather conditions in the Kavango, Zambezi, Erongo, Kunene, Hardap and Karas Regions while elsewhere in the country partly cloudy and hot to very hot conditions with isolated thundershowers in the Central-north and Omaheke regions are predicted.
According to the Namibia Meteorological Service residents of the Khomas Region can also expect a few odd thundershowers.
Partly cloudy and cool to warm weather conditions are in the forecast for the coast.
