Flood warnings issued for parts of Gauteng

The South African Weather Service issued a warning on Tuesday for heavy rain leading to flooding in Gauteng and other parts of the country.

The City of Joburg released a statement warning that certain parts of Johannesburg are experiencing isolated floods in the low lying areas. Some of the roads affected include Witkoppen Road in Paulshof, Roosevelt Road in Alexandra and the low level bridge on River Road in Bryanston.

"The South African Weather Services is predicting 65 millimetres of rainfall for Johannesburg today which could cause flash floods," the statement added.

Heavy rains were also expected in central and eastern parts of the North-West province, coastal and western parts of KwaZulu-Natal, the north-eastern parts of the Free State, and Highveld areas of Mpumalanga.

Conversely, the SA Weather Service also issued a warning for a heat wave with persistently high temperatures in the West Coast District. The service warned of extremely high fire danger conditions for the Cape Metropole, Cape Winelands, western regions of the Overberg District of the Western Cape and the south-western parts of the Northern Cape.

#savewater 54mm rainfall received in Vaal Dam catchment area over the past 24 hours alone! The water level is now just below 65% ^GZ pic.twitter.com/0D9EBAD4zD

— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 21, 2017

Between Windburg and Senekal this morning. Video via Storm Report SA.

When a rugby game gets postponed due to risk of drowning there is a good reason for it...@_ArriveAlive#VarsityCup10pic.twitter.com/Hd4J8wmek5

— #RugbyFifteen.com (@RugbyFifteen) February 21, 2017

This is the same car caught driving over low level bridge, now stuck. Please do not attempt. River road, Bryanston #flooding#JHBTraffic ^NS pic.twitter.com/wkgEq4A0w7

— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 21, 2017

#Avoid#Flood#Witkoppen Rd #Flooding
- Closed from Bowling Ave to Rivonia Rd
- #Flooded from Douglas Dr toward Jukskei
GP, JHB, SANDTON pic.twitter.com/CojiVvotnO

— CICA - Crime Intel (@CICArsa) February 21, 2017

Laagwaterbrug gesluit by John Vorster drv in Centurion. Jan Meyntjes @_ArriveAlive@TrafficSA@netstartraffic@jacatraffic#flooding#floodpic.twitter.com/Bc45pQn5z1

— ReenvalSA (@ReenvalSA) February 21, 2017

Drive with caution,heavy rain & flood warning in effect across Gauteng today.Up to 100mm of rainfall possible.@tWeatherSA#Arrivealive^PS pic.twitter.com/byuN7gE5Kl

— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 21, 2017

#flooding on our way to work this morning. Situation becomes worse Pretoria West pic.twitter.com/0I9FlM9WVo

— bishop Dr moloantoa (@bishopmoloantoa) February 21, 2017

@TrafficSA-Soshanguve-#Flooding heavy rains expected throw out the day #LightsOn keep a long distance following. pic.twitter.com/32LxFmpQ77

— Peter Teane (@peter_5yrs) February 21, 2017