By Johnathan Paoli
South Africa is facing one of the most severe cold snaps in recent years as two powerful cold fronts move across the country, bringing plunging temperatures, heavy rainfall, snow, and damaging winds.
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued multiple warnings on Tuesday, including Level 2 weather alerts for parts of the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Gauteng.
“Two cold frontal systems are expected to develop early next week with a high likelihood of disrupting the current rainless and incident-free mild to warm weather condition that has been prevailing for some days,” SAWS said in a media statement on Tuesday.
“In addition, freezing levels are expected to drop considerably, creating conditions favourable for some snowfall over high-lying areas and a general drop in temperatures. These very cold conditions are expected to spread to the central and the eastern parts of the country.”
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