{
  "id": 18274100,
  "title": "Today’s weather: Severe thunderstorms threaten parts of SA with heavy rain, flooding and damaging winds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/todays-weather-severe-thunderstorms-threaten-parts-of-sa-with-heavy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T07:34:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/weather/2026-11-05-todays-weather-severe-thunderstorms-threaten-parts-of-sa-with-heavy-rain-flooding-and-damaging-winds/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall and damaging winds are expected across several parts of South Africa on Thursday, while hot to very hot conditions will grip much of the country, with the SAWS warning of possible flooding, property damage and extremely high fire danger.",
  "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."
}