SAWS issues yellow level 4 warning for Gauteng
This includes flooding of low-lying roads and informal settlements, major disruptions to traffic flow due to poor driving visibility and flooding of roads on Monday, January 30 from midnight until 12:00.
Dust off your umbrellas for a very wet start to the week after weeks of extraordinarily hot weather.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a yellow level 4 warning for rain resulting in flooding of low-lying roads and informal settlements, major disruptions to traffic flow due to poor driving visibility and flooding of roads on Monday, January 30 from midnight until 12:00.
They added that increased moisture due to a ridging surface will result in showers and thundershowers in Gauteng from Sunday, January 29 to Monday, January 30. They said that models are uncertain about the rainfall amounts, but high-resolution models indicate the potential for heavy showers (20-40mm 3-hourly rainfall) especially from early morning until late morning.
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The Gauteng Weather Tweeted that there will be relief from the relentless heat this coming week, with the highest prediction of rain being Friday, February 3 for Johannesburg being 66% and Pretoria being 63%.
