{"id":99878,"date":"2016-07-26T17:39:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T15:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=99878"},"modified":"2016-07-26T17:40:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T15:40:57","slug":"watch-massive-second-tornado-hits-johannesburg-east-rand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/99878-watch-massive-second-tornado-hits-johannesburg-east-rand","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Massive second Tornado hits Johannesburg East Rand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MyGaming recently <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/99812-why-this-tornado-formed-outside-johannesburg-on-monday.html\" target=\"_blank\">reported <\/a><\/strong>on a Tornado touching down just outside Magaliesberg, on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A second Tornado has now hit Tembisa, East of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s believed the twister has caused damage in Tembsia, but it&#8217;s not yet clear what the extent of it is.<\/p>\n<p>Check out footage below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tornado?src=hash\">#Tornado<\/a> and hail spotted near the OR Tambo International Airport by Evan Baillie. KS <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dm0WxMC2qx\">pic.twitter.com\/dm0WxMC2qx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewnreporter\/status\/757946619325140992\">July 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">What <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherquestions.com\/What_causes_tornadoes.htm\" target=\"_blank\">causes <\/a><\/strong>tornadoes?<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Tornadoes form in unusually violent thunderstorms when there is sufficient (1) instability and (2) wind shear present in the lower atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Instability refers to unusually warm and humid conditions in the lower atmosphere, and possibly cooler than usual conditions in the upper atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Wind shear in this case refers to the wind direction changing, and the wind speed increasing, with height. An example would be a southerly wind of 15 mph at the surface, changing to a southwesterly or westerly wind of 50 mph at 5,000 feet altitude.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>(click the image below to enlarge)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tornado-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99828\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tornado-02.jpg\" alt=\"Tornado 02\" width=\"950\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tornado-02.jpg 950w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tornado-02-768x737.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The extreme weather is expected to continue until Thursday, with an alert issued for severe thunderstorms with strong winds and heavy rains.<\/p>\n<p>Possible large hail storms can also be expected over the central parts of the Free State, Gauteng as well as the central and eastern parts of the North West province, reports <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/traveller24.news24.com\/News\/Alerts\/watch-more-snow-rain-and-a-tornado-hit-sa-in-extreme-weather-shock-20160726\" target=\"_blank\">Weather24<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The South African Weather Service says disruptive snowfalls are expected over the south-western and western high grounds of KwaZulu-Natal, the northern high ground of Eastern Cape and the eastern and southern parts of the Free State.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The incredible cosplay from this year\u2019s Comic-Con\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/99654-the-incredible-cosplay-from-this-years-comic-con.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The incredible cosplay from this year\u2019s Comic-Con<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to AMD unveils Radeon Pro SSG \u2013 Polaris card with onboard SSDs\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/99754-amd-unveils-radeon-pro-ssg-polaris-card-with-onboard-ssds.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">AMD unveils Radeon Pro SSG \u2013 Polaris card with onboard SSDs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Which South African company will Anonymous hack next?\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/99778-which-south-african-company-will-anonymous-hack-next.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Which South African company will Anonymous hack next?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch: This is why Johannesburg is being hit with tornadoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":99888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,7048,20746,20426],"class_list":["post-99878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-johannesburg","tag-tornado","tag-why"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99886,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99878\/revisions\/99886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}