Dams fill up with above-average rain forecast for summer

Massive downpours of rain were recorded over the past week across the interior parts of the country in what is the start of an above-average summer rainfall forecast due to a weak La Niña system contributing to healthy dam levels.

- Marizka Coetzer

The South African Weather Service has issued yet another yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms over parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo for the start of the week.

This will be followed by cloudier and cooler to warm conditions, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers expected later this week over large parts of the country's interior.

According to the department of water and sanitation, most dams in Gauteng are 100% full and the Vaal Dam in the Free State is at 101% compared to 33% this time last year.