Wet weather conditions with possible strong, damaging winds and hail have been forecast for parts of KZN this weekend.

This as a yellow level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms in parts of the Zululand region has been issued for Saturday. Affected areas include Ulundi, Jozini, Nkandla, Nongoma and Mthonjaneni.

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The SA Weather Service (SAWS) warned on Thursday that the central and eastern parts of the country would experience severe weather conditions from this Saturday through to Monday next week.

“This will be due to an intense weather system, a cut-off low, that is expected to affect the country from 15 to 17 November.

“This type of weather system is often associated with widespread rainfall and severe thunderstorms, which both bring a risk of flooding, among others,” said the SAWS in a statement.

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These conditions will bring heavy rains with a risk of flooding in places, severe thunderstorms producing strong damaging winds, large amounts of small hail, as well as excessive lightning.

“The impacts with varying degree of severity are expected over the central interior [North West, Free State, eastern parts of the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape] and KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday, spreading to the eastern parts [Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal] of the country from Sunday into Monday.

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