Widespread flooding across Cape Town, South Africa

"Motorists across Cape Town are being urged to proceed with extreme caution as a powerful

cold front that made landfall early morning has led to flooding and hazardous road conditions throughout the metro. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall, in effect and a Yellow Level 4 warning for damaging coastal waves." msn

Russia attacks Kharkiv with new drone type for the first time

"Russian forces have attacked Kharkiv with a new type of drone, named Chernika, for the first time.....the warhead of the Chernika drone is similar in power to that of the Molniya, but its construction differs. Explosions were recorded in the city’s Nemyshlianskyi, Kyivskyi, and Industrialnyi districts. Both residential buildings and civilian businesses were damaged." Pravada

Many Earthquakes along the Hellenic Arc off Crete

"Along the Hellenic Arc, the Shake map displays a striking number earthquakes , resembling a string of pearls. While not all of the quakes occurred precisely along the main fault zone, considering the depth of the earthquakes epicenters of those located away from the Hellenic Trench, it is clear that some of them were also related to the near subduction zone or occurred on associated faults." Siki

Russian photographer gets 16 years prison for Soviet-era bunker details

"A Russian court has found a photographer guilty of treason and jailed him for 16 years for allegedly sharing information about Soviet-era underground bunkers with an American journalist.

The court said Skvortsov would serve his sentence in a maximum-security corrective prison camp.
In a December 2024 interview with Pervy Otdel, a group of exiled Russian lawyers, Skvortsov said he had passed on information that was either publicly available online or available to buy from the Russian author of a book about Soviet-era underground facilities for use in the event of a nuclear war.
Skvortsov did not name the US journalist he was working with in the interview with Pervy Otdel." AJ

104 clashes in past day

"As 104 combat engagements were recorded along the frontlines, Ukraine confirms its forces destroyed a Pantsir S1 air defense missile system and three helicopters in temporarily occupied Crimea.
In the North Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk directions, Ukrainian forces have repelled 12 assault attempts. Three more combat clashes are still underway. The enemy has launched seven airstrikes, dropping 18 guided bombs, and 288 artillery strikes.
In the South Slobozhanshchyna direction, Ukrainian forces repelled three attacks in the Vovchansk area as two more battles are ongoing. Enemy aviation hit the settlements of Synelnykove and Vilhuvatka, deploying KAB glide bombs; the enemy also attacked Vovchanski Khutory, Okip, and Okhrymivka with NAR munitions.

In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy tried five times to displace Ukraine’s units from their positions in the directions of Petropavlivka, Kupiansk, and Pishchane.
In the Lyman direction, the Russians attacked 19 times, trying to advance near the settlements of Kopanky, Nadiia, Ridkodub, Hrekivka, Torske in the Serebriansk forestry and toward Novoserhiivka, Olhivka, Novyi Myr, Sredne, and Shandryholove. Three clashes are ongoing.
In the Siversk direction, Ukrainian soldiers effectively held back four attacks near Serebrianka, Hryhorivka, and Vyimka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces stopped two enemy attempts to advance toward Chasiv Yar.
The enemy tried to penetrate Ukraine’s defenses in the Toretsk direction six times – in the areas of Dachne, Toretsk, and Yablunivka as another engagement is still underway.
During the day, in the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy launched 28 assault and offensive actions in the areas of Rusyn Yar, Razine, Myrne, Myroliubivka, Malynivka, Udachne, Promin, Lysivka, Novoserhiivka, Oleksiivka, and in the Volodymyrivka and Novopavlivka directions. Airstrikes targeted Muravka and Novopavlivka.
According to tentative reports, Ukrainian soldiers inflicted 138 casualties on enemy forces, including 86 irreversible ones, in the said axis. A tank, seven motor vehicles, three motorcycles, and four unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed. In addition, three motorcycles were damaged.
In the Novopavlivka direction, Ukraine’s defenders held back eight Russian attacks in the areas of Myrne, Zaporizhzhia, Fedorivka, Shevchenko, Vesele, Novopil, and Rivnopil as three more clashes are ongoing.
In the Huliaipole direction, Ukrainian soldiers are repelling two offensive attempts near Malynivka.
Three clashes were reported in the Orikhiv direction as the enemy tried to advance near Kamianske, while another battle is still ongoing. Prymorske came under an air attack.
Five clashes took place in the Prydniprovia direction." Ukrin