1. Weekend of fire and storms: 29 to 31 August 2008

2. Western Cape: Storms, snow, gale-force winds, 7m swells, flooding. Power failures. 7 people injured at Ottery PnP. Damage to aircraft. Traffic disruption

3. Kwazulu-Natal: Snow. 7 people died in runaway fire; houses, cars and livestock damaged. Roads closed due to fires. Firefighting pilot died in plane crash.

4. Gauteng: Fires: 5000 hectares burned, 7m high flames

5. Free state: Fires: cattle, game and grazing destroyed. Damage to property, farm implements. Telkom and Eskom poles damaged in fires

6. 30 August 2008 14:00 SAST

7. 300hPa height on 30 August

8. Predicted Windspeed, Temperature, Rainfall at George

9. Normalised Difference Snow Index: 30 August 2008

10. Normalised Difference Snow Index: 1 Sept 2008

11. 30 August 2008 14:00 SAST

12. R: 1.2 micron G: 0.46 micron B: 2.1 micron 29 August 2008 10:00 SAST

14. Intense low pressure system, and associated weather caused severe weather along the coast: the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KZN. Hot, dry and windy conditions ahead of the cold front led to runaway fires in Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal and Free State.