Tuesday 3 November 2026 · Updated 13:49
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KwaZulu-Natal weather

Today's forecasts for KwaZulu-Natal, with SAWS warnings for the province.

A dark thunderstorm cloud with a rain shaft over green hills beside the N2 east of Kokstad
File photo: a storm cloud over the N2 east of Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal (2018). Not a photo of today's weather. Photo: Bernard Dupont / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Updated 13:49, Tue 3 Nov

SAWS warnings

CHECKEDLast checked against the SAWS public warnings feed: 3 Nov 2026, 13:49. Showing warnings published in the last 36 hours.

Severe Thunderstorms: KwaZulu-Natal

Warning issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS) at 08:47 on Mon 2 Nov · SAWS published 2 versions of this warning; the latest is shown

Possible impacts, as listed by SAWS:

  • Flooding of settlements, roads and bridges.
  • Damage to property and infrastructure.
  • Danger to life (fast flowing streams / deep water).
  • Falling trees blocking major roads
  • Poor driving conditions.

Source: South African Weather Service (SAWS) public warnings feed; impact text quoted from SAWS. The feed does not give the warning level, validity period or affected municipalities, so we do not show them. Official source: weathersa.co.za. Nation Watch SA does not issue warnings.

Forecast data: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). How our forecast pages work. Nation Watch SA does not issue forecasts or warnings.