South Africa weather report: today’s most dangerous warning
One province is facing the most severe warning level in the country today, and it's a serious one.
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Thursday, 17 September’s weather report shows partly cloudy to cloudy conditions across most of the country, with isolated to widespread showers and thundershowers, heaviest along the coast.
SAWS has issued five separate warnings today, covering disruptive rain, severe thunderstorms and damaging winds across multiple provinces.
ACCORDING TO SAWS, THE EAST CARRIES THE HEAVIEST WARNING TODAY
Gauteng stays partly cloudy, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria can expect a minimum of 12°C and a maximum of 29°C, with a “high” UVB sunburn index today.
Johannesburg and Vereeniging see similar conditions, with tops of 26°C.
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Mpumalanga stays cloudy, with a top of 27°C in Mbombela.
A Yellow Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms covers the southern Highveld of Mpumalanga.
Bringing the risk of heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail.
Limpopo stays partly cloudy, with Polokwane reaching a maximum of 28°C.
Extremely high fire danger is active over the western Bushveld of Limpopo today.
North West turns partly cloudy and windy, with isolated thundershowers. Mahikeng can expect a top of 30°C, and Vryburg 29°C.
The Free State stays partly cloudy, with scattered showers and thundershowers in Bloemfontein, reaching a top of 22°C.
A Yellow Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms covers the eastern and northern parts of the province.
Alongside this, a cold, wet and windy advisory covers the eastern and southern Free State until Friday.
The Northern Cape stays partly cloudy, with isolated thundershowers in Kimberley, reaching 22°C. Upington stays partly cloudy with a top of 23°C.
A Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds covers the southern parts of the province.
A cold, wet and windy advisory also covers the southern Northern Cape until Friday.
WHY THE EAST AND SOUTH CARRY THE HEAVIEST WARNINGS TODAY
The Western Cape stays partly cloudy in Cape Town, with a moderate south-easterly wind becoming strong in the afternoon, and a top of 19°C.
George turns cloudy with scattered showers and rain, reaching just 16°C.
A Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds covers the northern parts of the province.
A cold, wet and windy advisory covers the Cape Winelands, Central Karoo and Little Karoo Districts until Friday, with light snowfall possible over the high-lying areas.
The Eastern Cape turns cloudy, with widespread showers and rain in Gqeberha and East London, both topping out between 15°C and 16°C.
A Yellow Level 2 warning for disruptive rain covers the southern and extreme eastern parts of the province, with localised flooding, road disruptions and power outages possible.
A cold, wet and windy advisory also covers the Eastern Cape until Friday.
KwaZulu-Natal carries the heaviest warning in the country today.
Durban and Richards Bay both turn cloudy with widespread showers and rain, with Durban reaching a top of just 18°C.
An Orange Level 6 warning for disruptive rain covers the south coast and adjacent interior, with a genuine danger to life from fast-flowing streams and deep water, displacement of communities, and loss of livelihood and livestock, lasting until Friday.
Alongside this, a Yellow Level 4 warning for disruptive rain covers the eastern and southern parts of the province, and a Yellow Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms covers the north-western parts.
A cold, wet and windy advisory also covers the south-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal until Friday.
It’s a genuinely serious warnings day, with KwaZulu-Natal’s Orange Level 6 warning standing out as the most severe alert in the country today.
It’s worth taking real precautions if you’re anywhere along the KwaZulu-Natal coast, given the danger-to-life language in this warning.
ARE YOU IN ONE OF TODAY’S WARNING AREAS, AND HOW ARE YOU PREPARING?
Let us know in the comments below, Mzansi…
