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South Africa to experience high temperatures and scattered thunderstorms

Reported by SAnews South African News

The South African Weather Service forecast high temperatures and scattered thunderstorms across parts of the country this week. It urged the public and stakeholders to monitor its official forecasts and warnings.

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  • Affected location: South Africa
clouds in the northern drakensberge moving through a gap between the Sentinel and the Amphitheatre - taken during a photography workshop in South Africa in 2023 by Thomas Fuhrmann, SnowmanStudios - see more pictures on www.snowmanstudios.de
Illustrative image: clouds in the northern drakensberge moving through a gap between the Sentinel and the Amphitheatre - taken during a photography workshop in South Africa in 2023 by Thomas Fuhrmann, SnowmanStudios - see more pictures on www.snowmanstudios.de — Thomas Fuhrmann/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Why it matters

The forecast includes possible widespread rain and showers along the Eastern Cape coast and in southern KwaZulu-Natal.

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Confidence
6/10
Geographic reach
3/10
Global importance
2/10
Impact magnitude
2/10
Urgency
3/10

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