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Heavy downpours leading to localised flooding and damage to infrastructure are expected in parts of the Eastern Cape. (Sarayut Thaneerat/Getty Images)
The South African Weather Service has warned of disruptive rain that may result in flooding in the Eastern Cape and severe thunderstorms for KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, the Free State, North West and Northern Cape.
Impact-based warnings
Orange Warning Level 6: Disruptive rainfall expected along the coast and adjacent interior between Port Alfred and Richards Bay.
This may result in the flooding of roads and settlements, damage to infrastructure and mud-based houses, and major disruption of traffic flow due to major roads being flooded or closed.
Yellow Warning Level 4: Severe thunderstorms are expected over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal, the south-western parts of Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Free State, North West, and extreme north-eastern parts of Northern Cape.
This may lead to damage to structures due to hail and wind, damage or loss of infrastructure, settlements (formal and informal), property, vehicles, livelihood, and livestock.
Weather & severe weather alerts for today & tomorrow, 20 - 21 October 2024.
Scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers are expected over the central and eastern parts of the country, with a possibility of severe thunderstorms & disruptive rain along the east coast. #saws pic.twitter.com/ODyjAHKnuP
Yellow Warning Level 4: Disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of settlements, roads, and damage to property and infrastructure are expected for the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro as well as the Kouga, Sundays River Valley, Makana, Ndlambe, and Raymond Mhlaba local municipalities in the Eastern Cape.
Fire danger warnings
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the extreme north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape, in places in the North West, as well as in places in northern Limpopo.
Weather in your province
Gauteng: Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the south.
Pretoria: 16°C/25°C
Johannesburg: 14°C/23°C
Vereeniging: 12°C/22°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the extreme south-west. It will be warm on the Lowveld.
Mbombela: 18°C/26°C
Ermelo: 12°C/20°C
Emalahleni: 14°C/22°C
Standerton: 12°C/22°C
Skukuza: 19°C/30°C
Limpopo: Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the extreme south and south-west. It will be hot in places in the extreme west.
Polokwane: 15°C/26°C
Phalaborwa: 20°C/29°C
Tzaneen: 17°C/25°C
Musina: 22°C/32°C
Lephalale: 21°C/32°C
Mokopane: 20°C/28°C
North West: Cloudy, windy, and warm to hot, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the extreme south-east.
Klerksdorp: 15°C/27°C
Potchefstroom: 15°C/27°C
Mahikeng: 17°C/27°C
Rustenburg: 16°C/26°C
Vryburg: 11°C/29°C
Free State: Cloudy, windy, and cool to warm, with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north-west. It will be cold in the extreme east.
Bloemfontein: 10°C/25°C
Welkom: 14°C/26°C
Bethlehem: 8°C/16°C
Northern Cape: Fine in the west, otherwise partly cloudy, windy, and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the east and south. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly to southerly.
Upington: 12°C/28°C
Kimberley: 12°C/30°C
De aar: 10°C/25°C
Alexander bay: 10°C/20°C
Springbok: 12°C/22°C
Calvinia: 8°C/23°C
Sutherland: 6°C/16°C
Western Cape: Fine in the west, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east but scattered in the far east.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly to south-easterly along the south-west coast and south coast.
Cape Town: 14°C/24°C
Vredendal: 12°C/28°C
Riversdale: 11°C/18°C
George: 12°C/17°C
Worcester: 11°C/23°C
Beaufort west: 9°C/17°C
Oudtshoorn: 9°C/20°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy in the north-west, otherwise cloudy and cold with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread along the coast. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cold with widespread showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly.
Gqeberha: 15°C/18°C
Makhanda: 12°C/14°C
Cradock: 10°C/19°C
Graaff-reinet: 8°C/15°C
East london: 15°C/17°C
Port St Johns: 15°C/20°C
Mthatha: 12°C/15°C
Komani: 9°C/13°C
Qonce: 12°C/14°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly, reaching strong at times in the south.
Durban: 14°C/19°C
Richard's Bay: 18°C/22°C
Pietermaritzburg: 13°C/15°C
Ladysmith: 13°C/16°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
