Strange South African (( PRETORIA)) Snowfall Hits After 44 Yrs

Gulf Crusade August 8 2012

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JOHANNESBURG – People came outside stunned to see a rare snowfall that fell on much of South Africa Tuesday morning. It was very cold but this did not stop locals from running outside to take pictures of this rare sight with their cell phones and video cameras. Local children were delighted with joy to touch and play with the unusual snowfall as the wind swirled it around. The car windshields were covered with snow flakes while one man rushed to the top of a snow-covered hill and slid down, using a cardboard box as an improvised toboggan.

Snowflakes are a rare commodity in Johannesburg, even during winter. South African Weather Service records show it has snowed in Johannesburg on only 22 other days in the last 103 years. The last snow fell there in June 2007.

Meanwhile In Pretoria, the country’s capital, flurries began to fall from the sky during a 10 day visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. It was the first snowfall there since 1968, the weather service said.One stop included in the trip was to the home of Nelson Mandela in South Africa. Highlights of her trip include calls for the Sudan Sudansese to make an oil deal with Sudan, the announcement of an additional $15 million in U.N. aid for refugees in South Sudan and a visit to Uganda, where she praised the military for fighting al-Shabab militants in Somalia.

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