SAWS: Cut-off low bringing floods, snow, gale-force winds

By Levy Masiteng 

Large parts of South Africa are expected to experience cold, wet and windy weather this week as an intense cut-off low-pressure system moves across the country, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) said on Monday.

SAWS said the system would affect the country from Monday to Thursday, bringing rain, thunderstorms, strong winds, rough seas, and possible disruptive snowfall in some areas.

The weather system is expected to begin affecting the western and central parts of the country before spreading eastwards.

On Monday, isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers were expected over parts of the central and western interior, including the Free State, Northern Cape, western parts of North West, parts of the Eastern Cape and the western parts of the Western Cape.

From Tuesday morning, the cut-off low is expected to make landfall over the western parts of South Africa, initially affecting the Western Cape, Northern Cape