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ABC News
21 hours ago
- Climate
- ABC News
Fire - Structure Fire - Tereddan Dr, Kilsyth South
Making sense of emergency warnings It doesn't matter where you live in Australia, you should understand what an emergency warning looks like, and what you should do if one is issued for your area.
ABC News
2 days ago
- Automotive
- ABC News
Motor Vehicle Accident
Making sense of emergency warnings It doesn't matter where you live in Australia, you should understand what an emergency warning looks like, and what you should do if one is issued for your area.
ABC News
24-05-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
New South Wales flooding live updates: Clean-up begins in communities as waters recede
Floodwaters have receded but the New South Wales SES still currently has 105 warnings across the state's flood zone, with three of those at an emergency level. Only Wollombi Brook is still at Major Flood level at Bulga, but it has peaked and is falling. For live updates follow along with the blog.
News24
19-05-2025
- Climate
- News24
Tuesday's weather: Wet, very cold, and light snow forecast in some regions
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of wet, windy and cold to very cold conditions over the Western Cape, Northern Cape and Free State, with a possibility of light snow along the high-lying mountain tops of the Western Cape, the Eastern Cape up to Lesotho until Wednesday. Hot to very hot conditions are expected in the extreme west of the Northern Cape, and strong winds are anticipated along the south of Cape Point in the Western Cape. Impact-based warnings Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds and waves will make navigation at sea difficult and cause localised disruptions to small harbours and ports between Alexander Bay and Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape. Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds will result in difficulty in navigation at sea and localised disruptions to small harbours and ports between Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, and Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape. Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive rainfall will result in localised flooding of susceptible formal and informal settlements, roads, low-lying areas and bridges over the Cape Winelands, Cape Metropole, West Coast and western parts of the Overberg district of the Western Cape. Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging interior winds resulting in longer travel times, problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes, localised damage to informal and formal settlements and communication/power disruptions over Northern Cape, except in the northwest and extreme northern parts, northern parts of Western Cape, central and northern parts of Eastern Cape, western Free State and south-western parts of the North West. In the SAWS' colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness. SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Level 2 is high. Advisories Wet, windy and cold to very cold conditions over the western high-lying areas of the Western Cape and southern parts of the Northern Cape and Free State, with a possibility of light snow along the high-lying mountain tops of Western Cape, Eastern Cape up to Lesotho until Wednesday. Farmers and small stock farmers are advised to provide proper shelter, dry bedding, and energy-rich feed to protect their animals against these conditions. Gauteng: Partly cloudy in the extreme northwest; otherwise, it will be fine and cool. Pretoria: 12°C — 22°C Johannesburg: 10°C — 20°C Vereeniging: 7°C — 22°C Mpumalanga: Morning fog is expected over the Highveld and escarpment; otherwise, partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions are forecasted. Mbombela: 13°C — 27°C Ermelo: 9°C — 21°C Emalahleni: 10°C — 22°C Standerton: 8°C — 24°C Skukuza: 18°C — 33°C Limpopo: The region will experience partly cloudy and warm conditions, though cooler temperatures are expected over the central parts. Polokwane: 12°C — 25°C Phalaborwa: 17°C — 32°C Tzaneen: 14°C — 28°C Musina: 15°C — 30°C Lephalale: 11°C — 27°C Mokopane: 12°C — 27°C North West: Morning fog patches are likely in the eastern parts, followed by fine and cool conditions, later becoming partly cloudy. Klerksdorp: 9°C — 25°C Potchefstroom: 9°C — 25°C Mahikeng: 9°C — 24°C Rustenburg: 9°C — 25°C Vryburg: 8°C — 25°C Free State: Fog patches in the morning in places; otherwise, it will be fine and cool, becoming partly cloudy later in the day. Bloemfontein: 8°C — 23°C Welkom: 9°C — 24°C Bethlehem: 4°C — 23°C Northern Cape: The day should be fine and cool to warm, but it will become hot to very hot in the extreme western parts, later turning partly cloudy. Coastal winds will be light to moderate north-easterly, switching to south-easterly by evening. Upington: 14°C — 22°C Kimberley: 11°C — 24°C De Aar: 15°C — 19°C Alexander Bay: 14°C — 21°C Springbok: 9°C — 11°C Calvinia: 7°C — 14°C Sutherland: 5°C — 9°C Western Cape: Cloudy with morning fog patches along the southwest and south coast. Otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and cool to warm but hot along the west coast. Coastal winds will vary from light to moderate south to south-easterly along the west coast to fresh and strong winds south of Cape Point later in the day. Cape Town: 13°C — 15°C Vredendal: 13°C — 18°C Riversdale: 11°C — 21°C George: 14°C — 24°C Worcester: 11°C — 15°C Beaufort West: 10°C — 18°C Oudtshoorn: 8°C — 21°C Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm conditions will dominate, transitioning to cloudy in places along the coast and adjacent interior by evening. Coastal winds will move from light north-westerly to a moderate south-westerly direction later in the afternoon. Gqeberha: 17°C — 24°C Makhanda: 15°C — 25°C Cradock: 14°C — 23°C Graaff-Reinet: 13°C — 23°C East London: 19°C — 26°C Port St Johns: 18°C — 29°C Mthatha: 15°C — 27°C Komani: 11°C — 23°C Qonce: 16°C — 28°C KwaZulu-Natal: The day will be fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy through the late afternoon. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh from the north and northeast, shifting to light to moderate westerly or south-westerly along the southern coast during the evening. *This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
News24
09-05-2025
- Climate
- News24
Saturday's weather: Fine for most regions, but rainfall for some
Expect fine and sunny conditions across most parts of the country, with warm to hot temperatures during the day, according to the South African Weather Service. Coastal regions such as Cape Town and George may experience some wind and rain, while Durban and Richards Bay will see scorching temperatures. Impact-based warnings Yellow Level 4 warning: Damaging winds leading to difficulty in navigation at sea and possible damage to informal settlements are expected between Saldanna Bay and Plettenberg Bay. Yellow Level 4 warning: Damaging waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea for small vessels and personal watercraft are expected between Table Bay and Plettenberg Bay. Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds leading to difficulty in navigation at sea and possible damage to informal settlements are expected along the coast between Plettenberg Bay and East London. Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging waves resulting in difficulty in navigation and small vessels taking on water and possibly capsising within a locality are expected along the coast between Plettenberg Bay and Port Elizabeth from the evening, spreading to Port Edward. Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds leading to localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes are expected over the southern parts of the Northern Cape, the central and the eastern parts of the Western Cape, as well as the central and the northern parts of the Eastern Cape. Advisories Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected over the Karoo Hoogland local municipality in the Northern Cape and the Witzenberg local municipality in the Western Cape. Strong to gale force north-westerly winds are expected in places over Chris Hani and Joe Gqabi district municipalities in the Eastern Cape, while westerly to south-westerly winds accompanied with rough seas are expected in places along the coast between Plettenberg Bay and Peddie until Sunday. Rainfall & severe weather charts for today & tomorrow, 9 - 10 May 2025. Isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers are expected over the south western interior, with possible damaging winds tomorrow, 10 May 2025. #saws #weatheroutlook #southafricanweather — SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) May 9, 2025 Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and Free State: Fine. Pretoria: 10°C — 25°C Johannesburg: 6°C — 23°C Vereeniging: 7°C — 24°C Mbombela: 12°C — 26°C Polokwane: 9°C — 25°C Mahikeng: 10°C — 25°C Vryburg: 7°C — 26°C Bloemfontein: 6°C — 24°C Northern Cape: Fine and windy. Kimberley: 9°C — 26°C Upington: 10°C — 26°C Western Cape: Cloudy and windy with scattered showers and rain. Expect strong to near-gale force west to north-westerly wind, moderating from late afternoon. Cape Town: 14°C — 19°C George: 13°C — 23°C Eastern Cape: Fine becoming partly cloudy, but cloudy from the Light north-westerly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming strong in the evening. Gqeberha: 13°C — 24°C East London: 17°C — 26°C KwaZulu-Natal: Fine with light to moderate northerly to north-westerly wind, becoming north-easterly from late morning. Durban: 19°C — 30°C Richards Bay: 18°C — 32°C Pietermaritzburg: 11°C — 29°C *This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
