{"id":264044,"date":"2025-06-27T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/?p=264044"},"modified":"2025-06-27T10:43:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:43:42","slug":"western-cape-floods-force-road-closures-as-heavy-rains-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/western-cape-floods-force-road-closures-as-heavy-rains-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Cape floods force road closures as heavy rains continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Motorists across the Western Cape are being urged to stay off the roads where possible as severe flooding wreaks havoc on provincial infrastructure following this week&#8217;s severe cold front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The province was battered by a <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/talle-woonbuurte-staan-onder-water-in-vredenburg-en-saldanha\/\">severe weather<\/a> system that hit on Wednesday 25 June, with torrential downpours continuing into Thursday. 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