The South African Weather Service (Saws) has issued an orange-level storm warning and yellow alerts signal flooding, strong winds, and heavy rain across Gauteng, Free State, North West, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga on Sunday. The weather service has released its latest weather forecast for 4 January 2026. Forecast for today & tomorrow: 03 & 04 Jan 2026Partly cloudy conditions are expected over the central & eastern parts of the country, with isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers anticipated from the afternoon, otherwise fine and warm to hot.#saws#southafricanweatherpic.twitter.com/sJGu5J7Ra9 Theweather servicehas issued an orange level 5 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying bridges/areas and damage to infrastructure due to heavy downpours and strong damaging winds.
The storms are expected over the eastern parts of the Free State, the eastern parts of the North West, Gauteng, and the western parts of Limpopo, as well as the Highveld of Mpumalanga. Saws also warned of a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying bridges/areas, and localised damage to infrastructure due to heavy downpours and strong damaging winds. The storms are expected over the extreme northeastern parts of the Northern Cape, the western parts of both the Free State and North West, and the western parts of KwaZulu-Natal, as well as along the escarpment of both Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Dawid Kruiper and Kai Garib municipalities of the Northern Cape as well as the West Coast district of the Western Cape. Here’s what to expect in your province on Sunday, 4 January 2026: Residents of Gauteng can expect cloudy and warm weather with widespread showers and thundershowers. Mpumalanga residents can expect cloudy and cool to warm conditions with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the Lowveld.
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It will start with morning fog patches along the escarpment; otherwise, it will be cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the southwest. Fog patches await the North West residents in the east at first; otherwise, the weather will be cloudy, windy, and warm to hot, with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme west.
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