Weather: Severe thunderstorms threaten flooding in two provinces

Here is what the weather has in store for KZN, the Free State, and the North West on Tuesday 3 November 2026.

A Yellow Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms covers northern KwaZulu-Natal and the extreme eastern Free State, with heavy rain, hail and lightning threatening flooding and infrastructure damage.

A Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms covers southern KwaZulu-Natal and eastern Free State, with heavy rain, hail and damaging winds threatening localised flooding and damage.

The western parts of North West face extremely high fire danger conditions, increasing the risk of fires spreading rapidly.

KWAZULU-NATAL

Partly cloudy in the extreme north, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly south of Mtubatuba until mid-morning, otherwise light to moderate easterly to north-easterly.

The UVB sunburn is going to be low.

DURBAN

Durban is going to be cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

A light south-easterly wind will blow until mid-morning before shifting to an easterly to north-easterly direction and becoming light to moderate.

Temperatures will range from 21°C to 23°C.

The UVB sunburn index is going to be low.

FREE STATE

Partly cloudy to cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered to in the east.

BLOEMFONTEIN

Bloemfontein is going to be partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Temperatures will range from a minimum of 16°C to a maximum of 33°C.

NORTH WEST

North West is going to be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the south-east.

MAHIKENG

Mahikeng is going to be partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

Temperatures will range from a minimum of 16°C. to a maximum of 33°C.

Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.