Overview
- An Orange Level 6 warning covers the Lowveld and escarpment of Mpumalanga and Limpopo on Sunday, with flooding likely and conditions expected to continue into Monday.
- Severe thunderstorms may bring heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail and intense lightning, with risks to roads, bridges and low-lying areas highlighted by SAWS.
- KwaZulu-Natal faces an Orange Level 5 warning in the extreme north-east and a Level 4 warning for north-eastern parts, as provincial authorities activate a joint operations centre with Eskom and Sanral.
- SAWS is tracking an intense low-pressure system over southern Mozambique and notes high uncertainty on its path, with some scenarios pointing to extreme totals reaching several hundred millimetres.
- Separate alerts flag extremely high fire danger for parts of the Eastern Cape, large areas of the Northern Cape and sections of the Western Cape and Free State, alongside very hot to extremely hot conditions in many western regions.