Three provinces face Yellow Level 4 warnings as cut-off low approaches
· The South African
South Africa isn’t carrying any impact-based rain or wind warnings today, Wednesday, 2 September.
The only active flags are fire danger warnings, which SAWS tracks separately from its colour and level system.
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Three more serious warnings are already locked in for Thursday and Friday, tied to an intense cut-off low moving into the Western and Northern Cape.
SAWS confirms no colour-coded warnings are active today, but three Yellow Level 4 warnings take effect from Thursday.
Today’s flags: Fire danger only
Fire danger warnings don’t carry a colour or level, just a severity rating, and today that rating is “extremely high” in three places.
Limpopo has an extremely high fire danger warning for the Blouberg local municipality.
The Free State has an extremely high fire danger warning for the Mohokare local municipality.
The Northern Cape has an extremely high fire danger warning covering most of the province, except its western parts.
No other province carries any warning of any kind today.
Thursday and Friday: three Yellow Level 4 warnings already locked in
Warning one brings a Yellow Level 4 alert for disruptive rainfall.
It covers the Overberg and Garden Route district municipalities in the Western Cape on Thursday, and it could flood roads and settlements while seriously disrupting traffic flow.
Meanwhile, warning two carries a Yellow Level 4 alert for damaging wind.
It covers the Namakwa district in the Northern Cape, plus parts of the Cape Winelands, Central Karoo and Klein Karoo districts in the Western Cape, running from Thursday afternoon into Friday.
As a result, it could damage temporary structures and settlements, injure people through flying debris, and disrupt transport routes.
Finally, warning three brings a Yellow Level 4 alert for damaging wind and waves.
It covers the coast between Alexander Bay and Plettenberg Bay from Thursday to Friday, and it could disrupt ports and harbours while creating danger to navigation at sea.
Altogether, all three warnings share the same colour and level, Yellow Level 4, which means a lower likelihood but still real potential for flooding, structural damage and disruption if you’re in the affected district.
It’s worth remembering that fire danger and impact-based warnings run on completely separate scales, so a province with no colour-coded warning today, like Limpopo, can still carry real risk.
Are you in one of Thursday’s warning areas, and are you already preparing?
Let us know in the comments below, Mzansi…