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On 1-5 June 2024, [3] a large storm system produced severely heavy rainfall and winds along the Eastern coast of South Africa, striking several municipalities in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. The storm produced two tornadoes in Newcastle and Utrecht, with the more intense tornado striking Tongaat. [4] [5]
Kwazi Mshengu, Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education in KZN announced that close to 300 rural and urban schools had been damaged in the storm. [18] The department was still trying to repair damage to schools that had occurred in December 2021. [18] Approximately 100 schools were damaged and 500 were closed throughout the province. [7]
Warnings are issued 24 hours prior to the tropical cyclone making landfall. If sustained winds 70 km/h and/or gusts 90 km/h or stronger are predicted, a conventional wind warning will be issued along with the tropical cyclone watches and warnings. A storm surge warning may be issued if abnormally high water levels are predicted.
In US maritime warning flag systems, a red square flag with a black square taking up the middle ninth of the flag is used to indicate a storm warning (the use of two such flags denotes a hurricane force wind warning or a hurricane warning). The same flag as a storm warning is used to indicate a tropical storm warning. On land, the National ...
A hurricane local statement (HLS) [1] is a weather statement produced for the public by the local Weather Forecast Offices of the National Weather Service in the U.S. for areas affected or forecast to be affected by a tropical storm or hurricane that provides an overview of the storm's local effects, including expected weather conditions, evacuation decisions made by local officials, and ...
NWS is warning residents to prepare for hazardous tropical storm-force winds with a potential wind speed of 39 to 57 mph. Act now to complete preparations before the wind becomes hazardous.
The National Weather Service has upgraded a winter storm watch to a winter storm warning for central and southern Indiana, which is expected to receive up to 8 inches of snow on Sunday. The ...
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning across much of central Indiana. (9:03 a.m. ET) More than 100 Flights Canceled At St. Louis Airport