WEATHER WARNING: KZN braces for severe storm activity
The weather service's Stacy Colborne says parts of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands could also be affected.
"The main areas affected by the storm activity will be Giants Castle, Underberg, Royal Natal, Ladysmith and Van Reenens. [The storm could] move as far as Estcourt, Mooi River and it might reach Howick -- but it won't reach the coastline today," said Colborne.
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Colborne says the storm warning is only in place for today.Warning:12/11/2018 15h00 TO:12/11/2018 20h00 Severe Thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging winds and hail are observed over the south-western parts of KZN moving eastwards.
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She says some rain is likely in western parts of the province for the remainder of the week, but most of KwaZulu-Natal can expect warm to hot conditions going forward.
"For the rest of this week, the majority of the rainfall should be over the western parts of KZN, which is the area getting the storm today. Most of the week should be warm and hot over most parts of KZN."
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Listen to the full Newswatch interview between Shaun Ryan and Colborne below:
"For the rest of this week, the majority of the rainfall should be over the western parts of KZN, which is the area getting the storm today. Most of the week should be warm and hot over most parts of KZN."
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You can find your maximum temperatures for tomorrow below:Durban - 27
Margate and Richards Bay - 28
Newcastle - 34
Ladysmith - 36
Pietermaritzburg, Mooi River and Underberg - 32
Kokstad - 33
Ulundi - 30
Giants Castle - 31
There is also a warning for extremely high fire danger conditions in southwestern parts of the province tomorrow.