{
  "id": 10232269,
  "title": "Heavy rain and ‘excessive’ lightning expected in 3 provinces on Monday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/heavy-rain-and-excessive-lightning-expected-in-3-provinces-on-monday",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T14:21:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/weather/heavy-rain-excessive-lightning-expected-3-provinces-monday/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rain and strong winds are forecast for three South African provinces on Monday, September 28th, 2026. The South African Weather Service predicts \"severe\" thunderstorms, heavy rain, and high winds in the Highveld regions of Mpumalanga, southwestern Limpopo, and Gauteng. Hail and excessive lightning are also expected in the areas affected by the storms. Cooler temperatures are forecast along the eastern coastline.\n\nFire danger conditions are possible in Limpopo Valley and the central and bushveld regions of Mpumalanga. The same fire risk is likely in the Moses Kotane Local Municipality of North West province.\n\nGauteng will see partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures, with isolated showers and thunderstorms, especially in the extreme north. UVB levels will be high.\n\nMpumalanga will experience morning fog in the escarpment area, followed by cloudy and cool conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Highveld.\n\nLimpopo will be cloudy with morning fog along the escarpment, transitioning to partly cloudy skies with isolated showers and thunderstorms, particularly in the extreme south. Wind speeds will be windy and cool to warm.\n\nNorth West province will have fine and warm to hot weather, becoming partly cloudy in the east with isolated showers and thunderstorms. The wind will be moderate southerly to south-easterly in the afternoon.\n\nThe Free State will be partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thunderstorms in the eastern regions. The wind will be moderate southerly to south-easterly, becoming fresh to strong in the afternoon.\n\nIn the Northern Cape, the weather will be partly cloudy in the south-east in the morning, otherwise fine, windy, and cool to warm along the northern coast, with moderate to strong south-westerly to easterly winds.\n\nWestern Cape will have partly cloudy skies in the east, where temperatures will be cold in some areas, transitioning to fine and cool but warm on the West Coast District. Coastal wind will be light and variable in the morning, becoming moderate south-easterly to easterly in the afternoon, with a strong to near gale-force along the south-west coast.\n\nThe UVB sunburn index is expected to be very high in the Eastern Cape (western half) and low in KwaZulu-Natal.",
  "summary": "Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region for Monday, 28 September 2026.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}