{"id":314602,"date":"2022-02-16T14:20:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T12:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=314602"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:20:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T12:20:20","slug":"swakop-river-reaches-the-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=314602","title":{"rendered":"Swakop River reaches the ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporters<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HUNDREDS of people armed with cameras, video recorders and even drones were from early morning on Wednesday gathered at the mouth of the Swakop River to capture the very rare sight of the water breaking through to the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The last time this occurred, was in April 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With more rain expected in catchment areas, people are urged to be vigilant at all times and not take any risks by crossing rivers in flood.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"640\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 352 \/ 640;\" width=\"352\" controls src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Swakop-River-reaches-the-ocean.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Videos shared on WhatsApp\/Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporters \u00a0 HUNDREDS of people armed with cameras, video recorders and even drones were from early morning on Wednesday gathered at the mouth of the Swakop River to capture the very rare sight of the water breaking through to the Atlantic Ocean. \u00a0 The last time this occurred, was in April 2011. \u00a0 With &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":314621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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