News24 | Monday’s weather: Very cold in the Eastern Cape, rain, flooding in other parts of the country

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The South African Weather Service has advised of very cold conditions for parts of the Eastern Cape.

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Severe thunderstorms, rain, flooding and excessive lightning are expected on Monday in some parts of the country. The Eastern Cape will be very cold, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

Impact-based warnings

A yellow Level 4 warning: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours and excessive lightning are expected to result in flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges as well as damaging winds and hail leading to localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock in the central and northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours are expected to result in localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, as well as damaging winds and hail leading to localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock over the extreme eastern parts of Free State.

Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to localised flooding of susceptible formal/informal settlements or roads, low-lying areas and bridges, minor motor vehicle accidents due to slippery roads and/reduced visibility is expected over the southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

In the SAWS’ colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation. SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and Level 4 is low.

Advisories

Very cold conditions are expected over the interior of the eastern half of the Eastern Cape on Monday.

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Cloudy and cool; expect scattered showers and thundershowers.

Pretoria: 15°C — 21°C

Johannesburg: 12°C — 19°C

Vereeniging: 14°C — 20°C

Mpumalanga: Cloudy and cool to cold with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Mbombela: 14°C — 16°C

Ermelo: 5°C — 13°C

Emalahleni: 10°C — 21°C

Standerton: 10°C — 17°C

Skukuza: 15°C — 20°C

Limpopo: Cloudy and cool to warm, scattered showers in the southeast.

Polokwane: 14°C — 20°C

Phalaborwa: 17°C — 21°C

Tzaneen: 14°C — 18°C

Musina: 18°C — 23°C

Lephalale: 19°C — 26°C

Mokopane: 17°C — 25°C

North West: Partly cloudy and warm, isolated showers expected.

Klerksdorp: 10°C — 28°C

Potchefstroom: 10°C — 27°C

Mahikeng: 13°C — 28°C

Rustenburg: 15°C — 27°C

Vryburg: 9°C — 30°C

Free State: Fine in the south, partly cloudy elsewhere.

Bloemfontein: 8°C — 25°C

Welkom: 8°C — 26°C

Bethlehem: 5°C — 20°C

Northern Cape: Partly cloudy in the northeast, cool to warm conditions.

Upington: 9°C — 28°C

Kimberley: 5°C — 26°C

De Aar: 3°C — 23°C

Alexander Bay: 9°C — 25°C

Springbok: 11°C — 26°C

Calvinia: 3°C — 26°C

Sutherland: 0°C — 22°C

Western Cape: Morning fog patches, fine and cool day ahead.

Cape Town: 12°C — 22°C

Vredendal: 10°C — 28°C

Riversdale: 7°C — 23°C

George: 9°C — 19°C

Worcester: 8°C — 24°C

Beaufort West: 6°C — 23°C

Oudtshoorn: 3°C — 23°C

Eastern Cape: Morning fog in places, clearing later. It will be partly cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain. It will be very cold in places over the interior.

Gqeberha: 12°C — 19°C

Makhanda: 8°C — 19°C

Cradock: 3°C — 20°C

Graaff-Reinet: 2°C — 19°C

East London: 13°C — 20°C

Port St Johns: 11°C — 19°C

Mthatha: 5°C — 19°C

Komani: 3°C — 19°C

Qonce: 9°C — 20°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy and cool with isolated showers.

Durban: 13°C — 19°C

Richards Bay: 15°C — 20°C