{"id":34384,"date":"2026-05-13T11:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34384"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:11:37","slug":"sa-declares-national-disaster-after-deadly-severe-weather","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-declares-national-disaster-after-deadly-severe-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"SA declares national disaster after deadly severe weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">At least 17 people have died as a result of severe weather conditions battering several parts of South Africa (SA), prompting the National Disaster Management Centre to classify a national state of disaster.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Acting Head of the National Disaster Management Centre, Thabo Khupari, says the extreme weather marked by heavy rain, flooding and strong winds has caused widespread destruction across multiple provinces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Western and Eastern Cape Province among the hardest hit, with extensive damage to homes, roads and other critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Khupari says disaster management teams are working closely with business partners and non-governmental organisations to provide much needed relief, including psychosocial support, food parcels, blankets and other humanitarian assistance to affected communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20660,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-34384","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"About 17 people have died as a result of severe weather conditions","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34385,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34384\/revisions\/34385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}