Chinanews.com, Johannesburg, August 14 (Reporter Wang Xi) The South African Meteorological Service announced on the 14th that the cold front sweeping across South Africa has caused significant cooling in many places, and some areas even ushered in extreme weather such as snowfall.

  A few days ago, as the southern hemisphere entered spring, the weather in South Africa began to gradually warm up.

However, this trend was interrupted by a cold front from the Antarctic region.

Since August 13, some areas of South Africa have even experienced snowfall, and roads have been closed due to impassable traffic.

  According to the South African Meteorological Service, the cooling weather this time mainly affected places such as KwaZulu Natal and Northern Cape, where significant snowfall occurred.

In addition, the cold front also affected most of the Northern Cape, the Free State, and Gauteng. These road sections experienced a sharp drop in temperature and were accompanied by extreme weather such as strong winds. The temperature drop was about 10 degrees Celsius.

  In addition, South Africa's traffic conditions were also affected by the cooling weather, which led to serious congestion and other situations.

As the main sections of the National Highway 3 are currently under the influence of windy, rainy and foggy weather, and the visibility in some areas is low, some sections of the highway will face the possibility of temporary closure.

  The South African Meteorological Service said that the sharp cooling weather is expected to end this weekend, and South Africa will gradually pick up from next week.

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