{"id":41677,"date":"2025-12-02T17:54:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/ethekwini-municipality-is-urging-residents-to-remain-vigilant\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:54:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:54:52","slug":"ethekwini-municipality-is-urging-residents-to-remain-vigilant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/ethekwini-municipality-is-urging-residents-to-remain-vigilant\/","title":{"rendered":"EThekwini Municipality is urging residents to remain vigilant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EThekwini Municipality is urging residents to remain vigilant as the South African Weather Service has issued a Level 4 severe thunderstorm warning for today, 2 December, lasting until midnight.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasts indicate widespread showers and intense thunderstorms across most parts of KwaZulu-Natal, with conditions likely to include heavy downpours, excessive lightning, strong damaging winds, and hail. <\/p>\n<p>These weather patterns pose a serious risk to life, property, and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The anticipated rainfall may lead to flooding on roads, bridges, and low-lying settlements, while poor visibility and slippery surfaces will make driving hazardous. Informal and mud-based structures are particularly vulnerable to damage.<\/p>\n<p>Residents living in flood-prone areas are urged to take precautionary measures to protect themselves and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are urged to exercise extreme caution, reduce speed, and maintain a safe following distance, as deteriorating road conditions and compromised&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=75510&#038;page=ethekwini-municipality-is-urging-residents-to-remain-vigilant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EThekwini Municipality is urging residents to remain vigilant as the South African Weather Service has issued a Level 4 severe thunderstorm warning for today, 2 December, lasting until midnight. Forecasts indicate widespread showers and intense thunderstorms across most parts of KwaZulu-Natal, with conditions likely to include heavy downpours, excessive lightning, strong damaging winds, and hail. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-12-02%20at%2016_49_22.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-41677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-kwazulu-natal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-12-02%20at%2016_49_22.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}