{"id":85671,"date":"2018-10-04T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=85671"},"modified":"2018-10-05T09:09:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T07:09:55","slug":"snow-sleet-slippery-roads-motorists-advised-cautious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/10\/04\/snow-sleet-slippery-roads-motorists-advised-cautious\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow, sleet and slippery roads – motorists advised to be cautious"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since then, its been cold and rainy for Middelburg, with a warning of snow for areas like Belfast, Ermelo and Carolina.<\/p>\n

Locals from Carolina shared images on Facebook of snow in their back yards.<\/p>\n

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Photo taken by Charmaine Ludick Massey-Hicks(Facebook).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Belfast has seen none yet, but report that they have been experiencing cold rain and sleet.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Yvonne Rodgers(Facebook).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The roads between Machadodorp and Belfast are said to be very slick and an accident has already occurred.
\nMotorists are advised to drive with caution.
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The weather forecast for Middelburg is as follows:<\/b>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Thursday(Today):<\/b>
\nMinimum 4, maximum 17
\nScattered showers with a wind of 23km\/h.
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Friday:<\/b>
\nMinimum 8, maximum 23
\nSunny with a wind of 10km\/h.
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Saturday:<\/b>
\nMinimum 9, maximum 26
\nSunny with a wind of 16km\/h.
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Sunday:<\/b>
\nMimimum 10, maximum 28
\nSunny with a wind of 16km\/h.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Monica Burger(Facebook).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The weather turned yesterday afternoon with a warning of a severe storm expected to hit the Middelburg surrounding areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":53322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[1453,10367,2567,13950,13946,13948,13951,10450,12258,11999,13949,13945,13947,10333,8816],"class_list":["post-85671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-belfast","tag-betroubare-nuus","tag-carolina","tag-chrissiesmeer","tag-cold-front","tag-cold-weather-for-muddelburg","tag-koue-weer-vir-middelburg","tag-middelburg-nuus","tag-middelburg-weather-forecast","tag-middelburg-weer","tag-snow-in-carolina","tag-snow-in-october","tag-strange-weather","tag-trusted-news","tag-weather-forecast"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Belfast","betroubare nuus","Carolina","Chrissiesmeer","cold front","Cold weather for muddelburg","koue weer vir middelburg","middelburg nuus","middelburg weather forecast","middelburg weer","snow in carolina","Snow in October","strange weather","trusted news","weather forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}