Overview

• The South African Weather Service has Yellow Level 2 alerts in effect on Monday for severe thunderstorms and damaging interior winds across several provinces, including KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
• KwaZulu-Natal is forecast to face heavy downpours, damaging winds, intense lightning and hail with a risk of localised flooding and damage to infrastructure.
• Gauteng and Mpumalanga can expect isolated to scattered thundershowers, with possible severe storms bringing localised flooding of roads, low-lying areas and bridges, and hazardous driving conditions.
• eThekwini Municipality urges residents to stay indoors where possible, avoid flood‑prone areas and swollen rivers, and report emergencies to 031 361 0000 as emergency services remain on high alert.
• Forecasters link the instability to a surface trough interacting with a cold front, while additional alerts flag damaging waves between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay and extremely high fire danger in parts of the Northern Cape and western North West, with conditions expected to start easing by midweek.