The South African Weather Service (Saws) has issued orange-level warnings for severe rainfall and flooding in parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga, with risks ranging from mudslides to displacement of communities. Meanwhile, heatwaves, extreme fire danger and humidity are also forecast across several provinces. Here is what weather to expect in your region on Tuesday, 13 January.
Theweather servicehas issued orange level 9 and 6 warnings for disruptive rainfall resulting in widespread flooding of roads and settlements in the eastern areas of the Mopani District Municipality and Limpopo Valley in Limpopo, and Bushbuckridge Local Municipality in Mpumalanga. Expert widespread mudslides, rockfalls and soil erosion, danger to life due to fast flowing stream, widespread damage to property and buildings, loss of livelihood and livestock as well as possible widespread displacement of affected communities. Saws has also issued a yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall resulting in the central and eastern parts of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, and the western and northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
These conditions could result in localised flooding of susceptible formal or informal settlements or roads, low-lying areas and bridges, localised mudslides, rockfalls and soil erosion. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over vast parts of the Northern Cape, western parts of Free State, and southwestern parts of the North West province. Expect a heat wave with persistently high temperatures in the Central and Little Karoo Districts and the Witzenberg Municipality in Western Cape, in most of the Northern and Eastern Cape, the southern half of North West, and the Free State until Wednesday.
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In addition, it will likely be very hot to extremely hot and uncomfortable in the northeastern parts, in places over the eastern parts and in the Cape Winelands of the Western Cape. These conditions are also expected in the Khai-Ma Municipality in the Northern Cape until Wednesday. Saws also predicts that wit will be hot, humid and uncomfortable in the northeastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
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