{"id":42309,"date":"2023-01-05T18:48:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T18:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/fridays-weather-disruptive-rainfall-in-several-provinces-with-flooding-a-possibility"},"modified":"2023-01-05T19:37:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T19:37:29","slug":"fridays-weather-disruptive-rainfall-in-several-provinces-with-flooding-a-possibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/fridays-weather-disruptive-rainfall-in-several-provinces-with-flooding-a-possibility","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s weather: Disruptive rainfall in several provinces, with flooding a possibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The South African Weather Service issued an orange level 9 warning for disruptive rainfall, leading to widespread flooding, possible mudslides, rockfalls and soil erosion over the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern parts of Mpumalanga.<\/p>\n<p>A yellow level 4 warning for disruptive rainfall was issued for the south-west of KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p>An orange level 5 warning for disruptive rainfall, affecting roads and bridges, was issued for Alfred Nzo, OR Tambo, Elundini, Sakhisizwe, Engcobo, Intsika Yethu, Mbhashe and Mnquma local municipalities of the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n<p>A yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rain, leading to localised flooding, was issued for Gauteng in the early morning, as well as the south-west of Mpumalanga, parts of Limpopo and the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n<p><b>The weather in your region:<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Gauteng<\/b> will be cloudy and cool, with scattered showers and thundershowers.<\/p>\n<p>The expected UVB sunburn index is low.<\/p>\n<p>It will be cloudy and cool, with scattered showers and thundershowers in <b>Mpumalanga<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>There will be widespread showers in the east.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of the eastern Highveld and the escarpment will be cold.<\/p>\n<p>Cloudy and cool to warm conditions, with scattered showers and thundershowers, will prevail in <b>Limpopo<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>There will be widespread showers in parts of the south-east.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>North West<\/b> will be partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers.<\/p>\n<p>Scattered showers will occur in the east.<\/p>\n<p>It will be cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the <b>Free State<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Scattered showers will occur in the east.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>Northern Cape<\/b> will be cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers in the extreme south-east.<\/p>\n<p>The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.<\/p>\n<p>Fine and cool to warm conditions will occur in the west of the <b>Western Cape<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Light rain will occur in the eastern parts of the south coast in the morning, becoming partly cloudy to sunny from the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly, otherwise fresh to strong.<\/p>\n<p>The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.<\/p>\n<p>The western half of the <b>Eastern Cape<\/b> will be cloudy and cool to cold, with isolated showers and rain.<\/p>\n<p>It will become partly cloudy during the evening.<\/p>\n<p>The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly.<\/p>\n<p>The eastern half of the province will be cloudy and cold, with scattered showers and thundershowers.<\/p>\n<p>Widespread showers will occur along the Wild Coast.<\/p>\n<p>The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly.<\/p>\n<p><b>KwaZulu-Natal<\/b> will be cloudy and cool, with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered showers in the south-west.<\/p>\n<p>The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly, becoming moderate from the south towards the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The expected UVB sunburn index is moderate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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