This mornings sunrise may have brought with it a sense of hope and renewal, but for some parts of Southern Africa, it also heralds a brewing tempest.
A severe mid-latitude cyclone, approximately three times the size of South Africa itself, is currently churning in the waters south-east of the nation, prompting meteorologists to advise residents to stay vigilant.
Satellites have captured the immense scale of this weather system, which not only boasts heavy cloud cover over the western regions but also stretches into parts of eastern South Africa, as per a report by Severe Weather And Information Centre SA Swaicsa.