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Weather alert: Thunderstorms flooding and fire danger to hit four provinces | The Citizen | SA News

Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region for 8 January 2026.

The South African Weather Service (Saws) has warned of severe thunderstorms, flooding risks and extreme fire danger expected in parts of Mpumalanga, Limpopo and beyond.

The weather service has released its latest weather forecast for 8 January 2026.

Here’s what you need to know.

Weather warnings: Thursday, 8 January 2026

The weather service has issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying bridges/areas, strong damaging winds, hail and excessive…

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