Hailstones as big as eggs fell in the Cradock, Mount Fletcher and Maclear regions on Wednesday and Thursday and the SA African Weather Service has warned of lightning and localised flooding in some parts of the Eastern Cape from Friday.
The rain will be good news for farmers around Komani and areas to the east, which have been badly affected by the drought.
Eastern Cape weather services spokesperson Garth Sampson said residents should be cautious over the weekend as heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms were expected in Ntabankulu and Mount Fletcher.
“There will be lightning and localised flooding in the areas that are east of Komani, including Komani.
“The entire Eastern Cape needs rain and over the weekend most parts of the province will get rainfall, be it light showers along the coastline or thundershowers within the interior.
“On Thursday night, Cradock had a hailstorm and stones as big as eggs fell. The areas between Maclear and Mount Fletcher had the hailstorm on Wednesday with stones as big as eggs too. The stones were so big that they left some shacks damaged,” he said.
He said the rainfall during the week did not make much of a difference to the drought crisis, as it was under 10mm...