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Another storm looms, severe thunder, hail to be expected: SAWS

Heavy downpours, hail, damaging winds and thunder can be expected for tomorrow across several provinces.

November 16, 2023
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Daar wod plek-plek laatmiddag donderbuie vir die Middelburg omgewing voorspel. Foto: Argief,

According to the South African Weather Service a level 2 (yellow) thunderstorm is forecast to move across the Highveld, escarpment areas of Mpumalanga, Gauteng, north-eastern parts of the Free State, the North West and western half of KZN.

Eskom has released a statement warning the affected areas that disturbances to the power system are expected but that teams are on standby to restore electricity blackouts.

Meanwhile, Middelburg residents are to report any outages to STLM by sending a WhatsApp to the call centre 064 915 3362 in the following order:

Name; address; area; telephone number; nature of the complaint in English.

STLM’s 24 hour call centre can be reached at the following numbers:

013 243 1806
013 249 7714
013 249 7348/9
013 2497344

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November 16, 2023
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Sjani Campher

Sjani has been working as a community journalist and photographer at the Middelburg Observer since 2018, during which she has been responsible for the content creation for both digital and print, as well as maintaining the publication's online platforms. She is a member of the Forum for Community Journalists, and focuses on fields including hard news, investigative reporting, human interest, columns and sports.
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