Overview
- An orange Level 9 warning covers the Lowveld of Mpumalanga and eastern Limpopo for disruptive rain with widespread flooding, fast‑flowing streams and danger to life.
- An orange Level 6 warning is in place for central Limpopo and the eastern Highveld of Mpumalanga for further heavy downpours and flooding impacts.
- Yellow Level 2 alerts flag disruptive rainfall in central Limpopo, Mpumalanga and northeastern KwaZulu-Natal, with separate Yellow Level 2 severe thunderstorm warnings for central North West, the Free State and the extreme southwest of Limpopo.
- SAWS forecasts the highest rainfall probabilities near 80% in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and northeastern Gauteng, around 60% across the rest of Gauteng, the Free State and North West, and about 30% in KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern Eastern Cape and parts of the southern Cape.
- Forecasters warn of short‑duration heavy downpours, frequent lightning, gusty winds and small hail, with brief locally heavy coastal showers from Port Shepstone to Durban, while the Northern Cape faces damaging winds in the west and very high fire danger.