South Africa is bracing for severe thunderstorms, hail, and potential flooding as the South African Weather Service issues a Yellow Level 4 warning for Monday, particularly affecting KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.
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The South African Weather Service has issued a Yellow Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms, hail and possible flooding in parts of the country on Monday.
According to SAWS, the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the escarpment areas in Mpumalanga will experience heavy downpours, lightning, hail, and damaging winds that may result in flooding of susceptible settlements.
The forecaster has also issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms in the North West, except for the extreme west, western parts of the Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga Highveld, except the extreme north-west, and the southern parts of KZN.
Tuesday's weather outlook for SA
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Wednesday's weather outlook
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It looks like the rain continues into Tuesday and Wednesday with partly cloudy and cool to warm temperatures in parts of SA with scattered showers and thundershowers.
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