Flood warning issued for parts of SA

The SA Weather Service on Sunday issued a flood warning for parts of the Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the North West provinces after days of heavy rain.

“We have from Sunday until Monday issued a ‘watch’ for possible flooding over the eastern parts of the North West province, Gauteng and the western parts of the

Mpumalanga province,” forecaster Mbavhi Maliage said.

“The rainfall is expected to start subsiding on Tuesday evening into Wednesday.

“Temperatures will still remain cool on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

“On Wednesday, temperatures will start warming up, especially over the Gauteng province, Mpumalanga and places in the eastern part of the Free State,” Maliage said.

Severe thunderstorms were on the horizon for parts of the Northern Cape, Free State and the North West.

The weather service said the heavy downpours in these areas would be accompanied by strong winds and there was a possibility of some hail.

From Wednesday to Friday, rainfall would most likely be confined to the eastern parts of SA — Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.

Maliage said these weather conditions were normal for this time of the year.

“This is the time when we get the rainfall that is not like thunderstorms.

“Now, going into midsummer, we get this tropical-induced rainfall over a couple of days,” she said.

“Even last year we had a similar situation, so it’s nothing out of the ordinary to receive these rains. ”—