WEATHER: More flash floods expected for Pretoria
The South African Weather Service warned of heavy rainfall leading to localised flooding for Thursday and Friday mornings.
More flash floods are expected in Pretoria the SA Weather Service (Saws) warned on Thursday morning.
Saws warned of heavy rainfall leading to localised flooding for Thursday and Friday mornings.
⚠️ ALERT: Slow-moving storm with possible FLOODING over parts of Pretoria with lots of storms active elsewhere in Gauteng. Allow extra travel time for morning peak hour commute, especially in the already flood-hit Tshwane metro.
— Gauteng Weather (@tWeatherSA) March 22, 2018
“We have recorded 16.5 millilitres of rain for Pretoria in the past 24 hours,” said forecaster Victoria Nurse.
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An 80 percent chance of showers and thundershowers have been predicted for Thursday and Friday.
“We are expecting a 60 percent chance of showers and thundershowers on Saturday. It is going to be cloudy in the morning and partly cloudy in the afternoon,” said Nurse.
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She said Sunday was going to be partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of isolated thundershowers.
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