{"id":390069,"date":"2026-02-19T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=390069"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:50:15","slug":"namibia-meteorological-service-issues-storm-and-flood-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=390069","title":{"rendered":"Namibia Meteorological Service issues storm and flood warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE Namibia Meteorological Service has reiterated its warning that severe thunderstorms are expected in several areas this week, potentially leading to flooding in some places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Namibia Meteorological Service, the central-north, Zambezi, Kavango, Otjozondjupa and Omaheke regions are likely to be affected by severe thunderstorms, with a risk of flash flooding. Meanwhile, isolated to scattered thundershowers are anticipated in the central and southern regions of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several places have already experienced showers this week. Windhoek in the Khomas Region, Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa Region, Rehoboth in the Hardap Region, and Keetmanshoop in the \/\/Kharas Region are among the places that have recently experienced rain showers, albeit light in some areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"390076\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-at-13-56-25-WhatsApp-Video-2026-02-19-at-13.47.06.mp4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-at-13-56-25-WhatsApp-Video-2026-02-19-at-13.47.06.mp4.png 360w, 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width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"390071\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-19-at-13.47.06-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-19-at-13.47.06-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-19-at-13.47.06-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" data-id=\"390072\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-19-at-13.47.06-1024x723.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-19-at-13.47.06-1024x723.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-19-at-13.47.06-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-19-at-13.47.06-768x542.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-19-at-13.47.06.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"390075\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-19-at-13.47.07-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-19-at-13.47.07-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-19-at-13.47.07-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-19-at-13.47.07.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CLOUDY SKIES: Photos of clouds gathering in various parts of the country. Photos: Facebook (Sakaria Kandenge, Granville Van Neel, Rus En Vrede Safaris, John Lucas, Miriam Swanepoel, Remona van Litzenborgh).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the Namibia Meteorological Service has indicated that more intense thundershowers are expected in some regions. Given this forecast, the Hydrological Services of Namibia has advised communities in flood-prone areas to exercise caution and to refrain from crossing flooded rivers or streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is strongly recommended that multi-hazard contingency plans for flood risk mitigation, preparedness, and recovery be activated in flood-prone areas across Namibia. Flood-prone areas in Namibia include the Cuvelai\u2013Etosha Basin, Okavango River and its banks, Zambezi River banks and eastern Zambezi floodplains, Lower Kuiseb Catchment, Hardap\u2013Mariental area, Lower Orange River, and the Kunene River,\u201d the Hydrological Services of Namibia added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter THE Namibia Meteorological Service has reiterated its warning that severe thunderstorms are expected in several areas this week, potentially leading to flooding in some places. According to the Namibia Meteorological Service, the central-north, Zambezi, Kavango, Otjozondjupa and Omaheke regions are likely to be affected by severe thunderstorms, with a risk of flash flooding. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":390070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Namibia Meteorological Service issues storm and flood warning - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE Namibia Meteorological Service has reiterated its warning that severe thunderstorms are expected in several areas this week...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=390069\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Namibia Meteorological Service issues storm and flood warning - 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