Tropical cyclone warning for eastern parts of SA
Winds of up to 212km/h are expected.
ACCORDING to the South African Weather Service, a storm off the east coast of SA is expected to develop into a tropical cyclone by Wednesday, 15 February.
“The Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre (RSMC) La Reunion has updated the expected evolution of Tropical Storm Dineo, which is now expected to reach Tropical Cyclone stage (winds of up to 118 to 165km/h) early on Wednesday.
Further intensification is expected and the storm will reach the Intense Tropical Cyclone (winds of up to 166 to 212km/h) around midday, before making landfall at midnight near Inhambane in southern Mozambique.
South Africa will only start to experience the rain from this tropical system on Thursday over the Lowveld, spreading westwards by Friday.
Over South Africa today (Tuesday, 14 February), scattered thundershowers are expected to develop mainly this afternoon over the central, south-eastern and eastern parts with heavier showers possible over the south-eastern parts of Mpumalanga and northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Moderate tropical storm Dineo will be closely monitored and updates will be sent as soon as they are available,” read a statement from the South African Weather Service.
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