# The South African Weather Services says Gauteng must prepare for extreme heat this week following severe thunderstorms and flooding. Pretoria and Vereeniging may reach 36-degree-Celsius, Johannesburg 34-degree-Celsius, with a 38-50-percent chance of cooling showers. SAWS says South-Africans can expect a mix of fire danger, extreme heat and scattered rain across the rest of the country, warning of extremely high fire risk across parts of the Northern Cape and Western Cape. Authorities says thunderstorms are expected in parts of Mpumalanga, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal
Gauteng braces for extreme heat following severe storms and flooding