Disaster management teams remain on high alert amid wet weather in parts of SA

The government says provincial disaster management teams remain on high alert amid severe weather conditions in parts of the country.

This after at least 1,700 residents in Nelson Mandela Bay were displaced this week after heavy rain resulted in flooding in certain areas.

The government has cautioned the public to remain vigilant in heavily affected areas.

“Avoid crossing rivers and swollen streams where water reaches above your ankles. Ensure that you move to higher ground. In rural areas, protect/relocate animals to a safe place on higher ground,” said the government on Tuesday.

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) expects showers and thundershowers in parts of the country, including Gauteng, Limpopo and Free State on Wednesday.

Wednesday’s weather forecast

Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool to cold with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in places. The expected UVB sunburn index: high.

Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to cool but warm in the Lowveld.

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Limpopo: Cloudy and cool in the west with isolated showers and thundershowers, otherwise partly cloudy and warm.

North West: Fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Free State: Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers over the northern parts.

Northern Cape: Fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

Western Cape: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, but cloudy at times in the south where it will be cold with isolated showers and rain but scattered along the south coast.

The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-westerly north of Saldanha Bay, but fresh to strong along the south coast becoming fresh to strong southerly from late afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn index: low.

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Fine and cool, becoming cloudy south of Somerset East in the afternoon, with evening showers and rain, but scattered along the coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Fine and cool, becoming cloudy south of escarpment in the afternoon with fog patches. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

KwaZulu-Natal: Fine and cool, but warm in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate northerly to north westerly, becoming south-westerly in the extreme south from late morning, spreading to St. Lucia by the end of the period. The expected UVB sunburn index: high.