A powerful low-pressure system is sweeping across southern Australia, bringing heavy rain, thunderstorms, hail, and snow. The wintry weather has delighted ski resorts but poses risks to farmers with ...

The barrel is designed to catch rain falling on a 12-by-24 foot canopy. Yes, the Waterwise column will report the amount of rainfall collected in a future entry.

With rain expected this weekend, the Waterwise column installed a barrel to catch some of the rainfall. The project started with getting a barrel. The Waterwise column secured the use of a 30-gallon ...

According to SAWS, maximum temperatures of the order of 16 to 19 °C will affect the southern parts of the Western Cape from Tuesday, with cold weather spreading further eastwards and northwards on ...

Old House Handyman: It's the season for gutter and drainpipe cleaning The first barrel was connected by what I thought was a very clever reuse of old pipes and fittings — including a way to ...

So I’m thinking that we can use the diverter lever in such cases. When the barrel is full and we know it’s going to rain a lot, we can flip a lever and divert water to the drainpipe.

He said that with last week’s rain alone, his 250-gallon barrel overflowed. “This is about 750 square feet, just this one section of roof, it calculates I could collect up to 13,000 gallons ...

Rain totals through 4 a.m. range from 0.50" to 2.0", which may lead to some localized flooding. The heaviest rain this morning will fall along and south of I-94.