Flood warning issued for Joburg

After sweltering temperatures in Gauteng this past week, the predicted rain has come across Johannesburg cooling down temperatures, Midrand Reporter reports.

The heavy rain could lead to flooding in low lying areas in Johannesburg.

The Gauteng Weather and South African Weather Service have issued a flood warning for Gauteng, with hotspots including:

• Alexandra
• Fourways
• Johannesburg CBD
• M1 and N3.

The SA Weather (sawx.co.za) has forecast the heavy rains to last until 11 pm on Wednesday 4 December.

⚠️ WATCH #Gauteng – KNOW Where You Live: https://t.co/Vz0OnvJUvz #Storm #Watch pic.twitter.com/qJm28b5bkz

— Your Weather🌩️by AfriWX (@afriwx) December 4, 2019

The rains and cooler weather are set to continue for the rest of the week:

🌡🔻BIG 14-16°C DROP IN TEMPS AHEAD!

❄️COOLER❄️
Wednesday🌥11|20°C☂️70%
Thurs☁️10|18°C☂️64%
Fri🌥11|20°C☂️47%
Sat⛅️13|24°C☂️39%
Sun⛅️13|25°C☂️46%#JHBWeather

❄️COOLER❄️
Wednesday🌥13|22°C☂️67%
Thurs☁️12|20°C☂️66%
Fri🌥13|22°C☂️43%
Sat⛅️14|26°C☂️35%
Sun⛅️14|27°C☂️50%#PTAWeather

— Gauteng Weather (@tWeatherSA) December 3, 2019