{"id":56410,"date":"2026-09-17T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/ethekwini-municipality-urges-caution-on-flood-prone-roads-and-low-lying-areas-as-heavy-rain-is-forecast-for-thursday-and-friday\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T00:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:00:07","slug":"ethekwini-municipality-urges-caution-on-flood-prone-roads-and-low-lying-areas-as-heavy-rain-is-forecast-for-thursday-and-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/ethekwini-municipality-urges-caution-on-flood-prone-roads-and-low-lying-areas-as-heavy-rain-is-forecast-for-thursday-and-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethekwini Municipality urges caution on flood-prone roads and low-lying areas as heavy rain is forecast for Thursday and Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The eThekwini Municipality has activated its Disaster Management Center and placed Fire and Emergency Services, alongside all key Municipal frontline units, on high alert following a Level 6 Impact-Based Warning for disruptive rainfall issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS).<\/p>\n<p>The warning is active from 00:00 on Thursday, 17 September, until 23:59 on Friday, 18 September 2026, covering the eThekwini metro and surrounding municipalities across southern KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p>The severe weather is being driven by a combination of a strong ridging high-pressure system, a coastal low-pressure system, and a cut-off low over the interior. Together, these systems are expected to bring widespread, heavy rainfall to the region over the two-day period.<\/p>\n<p>The South African Weather Service warns that heavy downpours may lead to:<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Flooding of roads, low-lying bridges, and residential areas (including informal settlements).<br \/>\n&bull; Fast-flowing streams and deep-water hazards that pose&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78642&#038;page=ethekwini-municipality-urges-caution-on-flood-prone-roads-and-low-lying-areas-as-heavy-rain-is-forecast-for-thursday-and-friday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eThekwini Municipality has activated its Disaster Management Center and placed Fire and Emergency Services, alongside all key Municipal frontline units, on high alert following a Level 6 Impact-Based Warning for disruptive rainfall issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS). The warning is active from 00:00 on Thursday, 17 September, until 23:59 on Friday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56411,"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\/812374613_1063366486593767_4944731038127736396_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-56410","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\/812374613_1063366486593767_4944731038127736396_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56410","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=56410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}