Brace for severe weather: Thunderstorms and high winds forecast for KwaZulu-Natal
Residents in KwaZulu-Natal are urged to prepare for severe thunderstorms on Monday, with warnings of strong winds, excessive lightning, and hail from the South African Weather Service
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Residents in the north-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal are urged to brace for severe thunderstorms expected on Monday.
The South African Weather Service (Saws) has warned of inclement weather, including strong winds, excessive lightning, and hail, which could lead to damage or loss of infrastructure, settlements, vehicles, and major travel disruptions.
For this, the forecaster has issued a Yellow Level 4 warning.
It's going to be a wet start to the week for most of the country, from Monday.
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Meanwhile, a Yellow Level 2 warning has been issued for severe thunderstorms, gusty winds, and lightning over parts of central areas, Mpumalanga, and the Free State.
An extremely high fire danger warning has been issued for the western parts of North West and in places over the Northern Cape.
In Gauteng, it will be fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy, warm and hot in other parts of the province." to "In Gauteng, it will be fine in the morning; otherwise, it will be partly cloudy, warm, and hot in other parts of the province.
For the Western Cape, it will be fine in the extreme west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the eastern and south-eastern parts from the afternoon.
"The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, becoming light south-westerly from the evening along the west," Saws said.
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