{
  "id": 11009942,
  "title": "Thursday weather: Rain returns to north-east as Western Cape braces for heatwave",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/thursday-weather-rain-returns-to-north-east-as-western-cape-braces",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T18:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/weather/2026-09-30-thursday-weather-rain-returns-to-north-east-as-western-cape-braces-for-heatwave/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Africans can expect a mostly settled start to October on Thursday, with rain and thunderstorms lingering over the north-east while hot to very hot conditions grip parts of the Western Cape.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}