Weather Warning: Disruptive Rainfall, flooding expected to persist

CENTURION - Disruptive rainfall resulting in flooding is expected across different parts of the country as inclement weather conditions persist this week.

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued the following impact-based warnings:

A. Orange Level 5 Warning: Disruptive Rainfall resulting in flooding of informal settlements, low-lying areas and bridges as well as dirt roads is expected over the western parts of the North West as well as the central parts of the Free State.

 B. Yellow Level 4 Warning: Disruptive Rainfall resulting in flooding of informal settlements, low-lying areas and bridges as well as dirt roads is expected over the north-eastern parts of the North West as well as the northern parts of Gauteng.

 

C. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Disruptive Rainfall resulting in Localized flooding of informal settlements, low-lying areas and bridges as well as dirt roads, is expected over the south-eastern parts of the North West, southern parts of Gauteng as well as the eastern parts of Mpumalanga and Free State.

 

D. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe Thunderstorm resulting in localised damage to infrastructure, settlements(informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock as well as Localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges over the eastern parts of Eastern Cape.

 E. Yellow Level 1 Warning: Damaging winds resulting in difficulty navigating seas between Lamberts Bay and Cape Agulhas.

 

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the northern parts of the Western Cape and the extreme western parts of the Northern Cape.