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SAWS issues yellow level 2 warning for Gauteng

Similar stormy conditions which include localised flooding and damage to settlements and property are expected in Gauteng.

There will be rain after a heated few weeks … but with caution.

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in localised flooding and damage to settlements and property is expected over the Free State, Eastern Cape and northern parts of the Northern Cape and the North West, excluding the north-eastern parts.

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They added that similar stormy conditions are also expected over Gauteng, Southern and Eastern Limpopo, Highveld, and the escarpment of Mpumalanga as well as western and southern parts of Kwazulu-Natal, including central parts of the Eastern Cape.

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The South African Weather Service’s warning on their Facebook page. Photo: South African Weather Service Facebook.
The South African Weather Service’s warning on their Facebook page. Photo: South African Weather Service Facebook.

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Clinton Botha

For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.

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