Tropical storm Dineo expected to reach cyclone stage tomorrow
Tropical Storm Dineo now expected to reach Tropical Cyclone stage - with winds of up to 118-165km/h - early on tomorrow.
The storm will reach the Intense Tropical Cyclone - with winds of up to 166-212 km/h - around midday tomorrow, before making landfall at midnight near Inhambane in southern Mozambique.
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South Africa will only start to experience the rain from this tropical system on Thursday over the Lowveld, spreading into the west by Friday.
According to the South African Weather Service, scattered thundershowers are expected to develop mainly this afternoon over the central, south-eastern and eastern parts of South African, with heavier showers possible over the south-eastern parts of Mpumalanga and northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.