Overview
- Yellow Level 2 impact-based warnings are in effect for Saturday over western KwaZulu-Natal, the northeastern Eastern Cape, the southwestern North West, and the eastern and northern Free State.
- Severe storms may deliver heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail, posing risks of localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements.
- Very high to extreme UV indices are forecast in several regions, while the Ubuntu Local Municipality in the Northern Cape faces an extremely high fire danger.
- This follows consecutive daily updates that focused on northwestern KZN on Thursday and shifted to the province’s southwest on Friday before broadening to additional provinces for the weekend.
- A separate SAWS notice late Friday highlights a severe-thunderstorm risk in parts of Gauteng this weekend, with showers and thundershowers expected in many areas.