{"id":354655,"date":"2024-02-15T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354655"},"modified":"2024-02-15T17:47:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:47:38","slug":"windhoek-drenched-in-heavy-rain-cbd-and-surrounding-areas-submerged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354655","title":{"rendered":"Windhoek drenched in heavy rain, CBD and surrounding areas submerged"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFTER weeks of light rainfall, numerous areas in Windhoek experienced a heavy rain-and-hailstorm yesterday, with some locations recording up to 50 millimetres (mm) of rain within a matter of hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday’s intense thunderstorm resembled the heavy thundershower experienced in December 2022, which left several areas flooded and resulted in an incident where ten homeless children were swept away by heavy rain at a tunnel behind the Game Complex, leading to the unfortunate death of two of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding yesterday’s rainstorm, the City of Windhoek confirmed that no reports of injuries or fatalities resulting from the heavy rainfall were received at the Emergency Call Centre. However, the public will be promptly informed if any such cases are discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n