Weather for Tuesday | Heavy rain and strong winds may cause flooding

Impact-based warnings for severe thunderstorms and rain that can cause flooding have been issued in several states. (Duncan Alfreds/News24)

The South African Weather Service has issued multiple warnings of severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and waves, and devastating rainfall that could cause flooding in some parts of the country.

Shock-based warning

A yellow level 1 warning for severe thunderstorms is expected to bring damaging hail and strong winds for locations in the eastern interior of the Eastern Cape. Wind and wave damage is expected to cause navigation difficulties between Port Alfred and Port Edward from early morning, with the risk of flooding for small vessels.

In response to devastating rainfall in northeast KwaZulu-Natal and the Lowveld region of KwaZulu-Natal that led to flooding of roads and villages, difficulty driving on dirt roads, and damage to infrastructure and mud houses. A level 4 yellow warning was issued. Limpopo and Mpumalanga from Wednesday morning.

Destructive flooding leading to flooding of roads and villages, difficulty driving on dirt roads, and damage to infrastructure and mud houses in Umkhanyakude District Municipality, Ufongoro Municipality, Nongoma Municipality and Ummfolozi Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. An orange level 6 warning has been issued for rain. It was also held in Nkomazi Municipality (southern Lowveld) in Mpumalanga province from Wednesday morning.

Fire hazard warning

Very high fire danger is expected in the western part of the Northern Cape over the Northern Cape cities of Kayma and Hantam.

recommendation

Heatwave conditions are expected to continue until Tuesday in the North West, Free State, Gauteng, eastern Northern Cape, central and eastern interior of the Eastern Cape, and the bushveld region of southwestern Limpopo. . The situation is expected to continue in Gauteng until Wednesday.

Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected in the Namaqua district of the Northern Cape, the West Coast and inland areas, the Central Karoo of the Western Cape, and parts of the Eastern Cape.

Weather in your area

gauteng province It will be cloudy, but it will be hot to very hot in the north.

The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.

Cloudy and warm weather is expected in the east Mpumalanga, there is morning fog in the Highveld. Otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thunderstorms along the cliffs but scattered in the Lowveld.

Limpopo It will be cloudy in the east with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Otherwise, it will be cloudy and warm or hot.

Expect sunny, hot to very hot days northwest And that free stateIt will be partly cloudy in the western and central parts of the country, with scattered showers and thunderstorms.

of northern cape It will be sunny, but it will be hot to very hot to very hot in the north.

It will become cloudy in the east in the afternoon, with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible.

Winds will pick up inland towards the evening.

of western cape It will be cloudy with some fog in the morning and cool along the coast. Otherwise, it will be cloudy and temperatures will be warm.

Winds will be light to moderate with south to southwest winds along the west coast, moderate to moderate west to southwest winds along the south coast, becoming weak and variable in the evening.

The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.

The western half is eastern cape Initially there will be some fog in places in the south. Otherwise, it will be partly cloudy with warm to very hot temperatures and isolated afternoon thunderstorms. It will be warm along the coast.

It will be cloudy and windy in the south, with scattered showers mainly in the southeast.

Winds along the coast will be westerly to strong, becoming southwesterly in the afternoon and weakening in the evening.

Initially, fog is expected to develop over the eastern half of the state, south of the escarpment. Otherwise, high to very high temperatures are fine, but some places can get very hot.

It will be cloudy and windy with scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms scattered across the far northeast.

Winds along the coast will be calm to breezy northeasterly, becoming breezy to strong southwesterly from the south by midnight.

KwaZulu-Natal Morning fog is expected to form inland. Otherwise, partly cloudy, warm to hot days are expected with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the far southwest and northeast.

Winds along the coast will be from the east to northeast, with winds from the south to southwest in the evening.

The expected UVB sunburn index is very high.