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Strong winds and rain illustrated.
The Weather Service has issued an orange level 9 warning for disruptive rain tomorrow, leading to widespread flooding and damage for Gauteng, the extreme eastern parts of North West, as well as the extreme western parts of Mpumalanga.
It has also issued an orange level six warning for disrupting rain over the eastern parts of North West, north-eastern parts of the Free State, the south-western parts of Limpopo as well as the highveld of Mpumalanga.
The Service has further issued a yellow level four warning for the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
‼️⚠️‼️Warning update: Orange level 9, for a medium likelihood of disruptive rainfall that may result in severe impacts of widespread flooding of roads, settlements, as well as danger to life due to fast flowing streams over Gauteng and extreme western parts of Mpumalanga. #saws pic.twitter.com/Ez3zLewagV
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) November 15, 2025
Weather outlook for Monday & Tuesday, 17 – 18 November 2025. Partly cloudy & cool to warm conditions are expected, with isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers possible over the central & eastern parts of the country, but widespread over the north-eastern regions. #SAWS pic.twitter.com/7XohCwIjTD
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) November 15, 2025
Meanwhile, the Free State Department of Cooperative Governance has attributed this morning’s fatal bus and truck crash on the N8 between Bloemfontein and Botshabelo to rain and slippery roads. 10 people died and 41 were transported to various hospitals for medical attention. Authorities say both vehicles were traveling in the same direction.
The drivers survived.
Ten killed in a horrific crash on the N8 between Botshabelo & Bloemfontein when a bus and a truck collidedhttps://t.co/wJrqVpBXuy#ArriveAlive #BusCrash #TruckCrash #N8 pic.twitter.com/vPQdidohPL
— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) November 15, 2025
VIDEO | SA Weather Report: 15 November 2025
