Overview
- Impact-based warnings include Yellow Level 4 for the Highveld of Mpumalanga and northern Gauteng, with Orange Level 5 in parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
- Forecasters caution that excessive lightning, heavy downpours, strong to gale-force winds and small hail could trigger localized flooding and hazardous travel.
- Rainfall probabilities reach about 80% over Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the eastern Free State, with lower but notable chances extending toward Johannesburg, Pretoria and parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
- In KwaZulu-Natal, flash flooding near uMshwathi has left one woman dead and two people missing as search teams continue operations after Sunday night’s heavy rain.
- SAWS also flags extremely high fire danger in the Northern, Western and parts of the Eastern Cape, a yellow level 1 alert for damaging coastal winds between Table Bay and Plettenberg Bay from Thursday to Friday, and a localized heatwave in Witzenberg.