{"id":75331,"date":"2024-10-20T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/weather-service-issues-severe-thunderstorm-warning-for-parts-of-sa"},"modified":"2024-10-20T08:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T08:49:00","slug":"weather-service-issues-severe-thunderstorm-warning-for-parts-of-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/weather-service-issues-severe-thunderstorm-warning-for-parts-of-sa","title":{"rendered":"Weather service issues severe thunderstorm warning for parts of SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for thundershowers across parts of the country over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>An orange Level 5 warning for disruptive rains localised flooding has been issued on the east coast of the Eastern Cape at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>A warning for severe thunderstorms has also been issued for central parts of KwaZulu-Natal, parts of the Free State and Mpumalanga, with possibilities of heavy downpours which may lead to localised flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Damaging winds over these areas, and a possibility of hail have also been forecast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are expecting isolated to scattered showers and rain to still persist into Monday,&#8221; said forecaster Lehlohonolo Thobela.<\/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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