{"id":138692,"date":"2016-11-17T10:24:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T08:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=138692"},"modified":"2016-11-17T10:24:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T08:24:35","slug":"warning-severe-thunderstorms-damaging-winds-and-hail-could-be-expected-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/11\/17\/warning-severe-thunderstorms-damaging-winds-and-hail-could-be-expected-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning &#8211; Severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and hail could be expected today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today the South African Weather Service released a warning of severe thunderstorms and veld fires.<\/p>\n<div class=\"report-event\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"eventname\">Severe Thunderstorms:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"eventreport\">Severe thunderstorms with the possibility of large hail and damaging winds have been predicted for parts of Gauteng today.<\/div>\n<div class=\"eventreport\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"eventreport\">After last week&#8217;s heavy downpour and flash floods that wreaked havoc in Ekurhuleni, residents are urged to take the necessary precautions when travelling and are encouraged to reduce speed and increase their following distances when driving. Headlights should also be kept on at all times to increase visibility.Residents should also ensure that they shelter their pets.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/136627\/tips-to-help-you-prepare-for-severe-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tips to help you prepare for severe weather<\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/116006\/beware-of-flash-floods-heavy-rain\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beware of flash floods, heavy rain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='a9a24383f2153ac157f0c30c523d86e1'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community warned about severe thunderstorms expected to hit between 1pm and 10pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":138693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730],"class_list":["post-138692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/557"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}