Heavy rains leading to severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and waves, and flooding are expected in some parts of the country. (Sarayuth Thaneerat/Getty Images)
Severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and waves and heavy rain are expected in several parts of the country, the South African Weather Service said.
Shock-based warning
A. Orange level 9 warning for heavy rains resulting in widespread flooding of roads and settlements, danger to life due to rapids and deep water, prolonged closure of large communities, extensive damage to goods and buildings, loss of goods. . In the Overberg and Winelands, livelihoods, livestock, transport routes and travel services are expected to be severely affected.
B. The cities of Cape Town, Swartland and Witzenburg in the Western Cape are expected to be placed under an orange level 6 warning for heavy rainfall that may cause damage to roads and bridges.
C. Orange level 6 warning for severe thunderstorms. Heavy rainfall is possible, leading to flooding of sensitive areas, low-lying areas, bridges, formal and informal settlements, and closures of some bridges and roads and disruption of municipal services are expected. Over the northwestern interior of the Eastern Cape, the easternmost part of the Northern Cape, the westernmost part of the North West, and the Free State.
D. A level 4 yellow warning for wind and waves is in place between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay, making navigation at sea difficult.
recommendation
The public is advised that damaging rain, localized flooding, strong winds and cold weather may be expected in parts of the Eastern Cape, particularly in the northern part of the province.
Weather in your area:
gauteng province It will be cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
The expected UVB sunburn index is high.
Morning fog is expected to form along the cliffs. MpumalangaIt will be cloudy and cold with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
It will be warm in Lowveld.
Limpopo It will be cloudy, cool and warm with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
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northwest It will be cloudy, windy and cool with widespread showers and thunderstorms, scattered across the Far East.
It will be cloudy, windy and cool free stateThere will be widespread showers and thunderstorms, scattered across the Far East, and it will be cold.
It will be partly cloudy to cloudy, windy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thunderstorms. northern capebut are widely scattered in the east.
Winds along the coast will be light and variable, but should become calm to breezy northerly by late afternoon.
western cape Partly cloudy in the northwest, mostly cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Winds along the coast will be variable, with strong south to southeast winds along the southwest coast, breezy to strong east to southeast winds along the south coast, and weakening to the east in the afternoon.
It will be bright and variable along the west coast.
The expected UVB sunburn index is high.
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The western half is eastern cape It will be cloudy and cool, with widespread showers and thunderstorms scattered along the coast.
It can get cold in some places indoors.
Winds along the coast will be moderate to breezy northeasterly, but light west of Oyster Bay, becoming calm southwesterly in the afternoon and spreading to Algoa Bay in the evening.
The eastern half of the state will be cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thunderstorms, but scattered along the coast.
It can get cold in some places indoors.
Winds will be calm from the northeast along the coast, but stronger offshore.
KwaZulu-Natal It will be cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the far west.
Winds along the coast will be moderate to breezy northeasterly.
The expected UVB sunburn index is low.