News24 | Thursday's weather: Disruptive rain, severe thunderstorms, floods expected across SA

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The South African Weather Service has issued multiple warnings for disruptive rain, severe thunderstorms, and floods across the country. (Getty Images/Sarayut Thaneerat)

The South African Weather Service has issued multiple warnings for disruptive rain, severe thunderstorms, and floods across the country.

Orange Level 6 warning for disruptive rain with heavy downpours leading to flooding has been issued for parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

Impact-based warnings

Disruptive rain with heavy downpours leading to flooding of roads and settlements, damage to infrastructure and mudslides over the south-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours resulting in localised flooding of susceptible roads and settlements, strong damaging winds, excessive lightning, and small hail is possible over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal, except in the south-east and extreme north-east.

Weather update for tomorrow, 13 March 2025:
Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread along the south-east coast.??Severe thunderstorms, disruptive rainfall and damaging winds and waves#saws pic.twitter.com/bZdaOMhLF7

— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) March 12, 2025

Disruptive rain with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of roads and settlements, damage to infrastructure and mudslides over the south-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours resulting in localised flooding of susceptible roads and settlements, strong damaging winds, excessive lightning, and small hail are possible over the south-eastern parts of the Northern Cape, southern parts of the Free State, as well as along the Lesotho border, eastern parts of the North West, Gauteng, southern Limpopo, and most parts of Mpumalanga, except on the Lowveld.

Wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay.

Wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Plettenberg Bay and Mazeppa Bay.

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The weather in your province

Gauteng: Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. Partly cloudy in the south-west.

Pretoria: 17°C — 25°C

Johannesburg: 15°C — 22°C

Vereeniging: 15°C — 24°C

Mpumalanga: Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, isolated on the Lowveld.

Mbombela: 17°C — 28°C

Ermelo: 13°C — 24°C

Emalahleni: 14°C — 26°C

Standerton: 15°C — 25°C

Skukuza: 20°C — 31°C

Limpopo: Cloudy in the southern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected, scattered over the south-central parts.

Polokwane: 16°C — 26°C

Phalaborwa: 21°C — 32°C

Tzaneen: 18°C — 27°C

Musina: 20°C — 30°C

Lephalale: 19°C — 28°C

Mokopane: 17°C — 26°C

North West: Partly cloudy and warm. Isolated showers and thundershowers, scattered in the east with morning fog expected.

Klerksdorp: 15°C — 27°C

Potchefstroom: 15°C — 26°C

Mahikeng: 16°C — 28°C

Rustenburg: 17°C — 28°C

Vryburg: 16°C — 29°C

Free State: Morning fog patches in the east, cloudy there but partly cloudy and warm elsewhere. Scattered showers and thundershowers, isolated in the north-west.

Bloemfontein: 16°C — 30°C

Welkom: 16°C — 29°C

Bethlehem: 12°C — 26°C

Northern Cape: Fine in the extreme west, partly cloudy and warm to hot. Isolated showers and thundershowers, scattered in the south-east. Very hot over the western interior.

Upington: 22°C — 35°C

Kimberley: 18°C — 30°C

De Aar: 17°C — 30°C

Alexander Bay: 17°C — 25°C

Springbok: 22°C — 36°C

Calvinia: 18°C — 34°C

Sutherland: 13°C — 30°C

Western Cape: Fine and very hot to extremely hot in the west, partly cloudy and warm to hot elsewhere. Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, cloudy and cool along the south coast. Gale-force winds are expected in some areas.

Cape Town: 21°C — 31°C

Vredendal: 16°C — 40°C

Riversdale: 14°C — 23°C

George: 16°C — 22°C

Worcester: 15°C — 30°C

Beaufort West: 17°C — 30°C

Oudtshoorn: 15°C — 26°C

Eastern Cape: Morning fog in places, cloudy and cool to warm. Scattered showers and thundershowers, widespread along the coast and adjacent interior.

Gqeberha: 18°C — 24°C

Makhanda: 16°C — 25°C

Cradock: 16°C — 26°C

Graaff-Reinet: 15°C — 25°C

East London: 20°C — 26°C

Port St Johns: 20°C — 26°C

Umtata: 17°C — 25°C

Komani: 16°C — 25°C

Qonce: 16°C — 26°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and warm. Scattered showers and thundershowers, widespread in the south-east.

Durban: 20°C — 28°C

Richard's Bay: 20°C — 31°C