{"id":7276,"date":"2026-01-06T13:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/7276\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:56:17","slug":"medics-warn-of-heat-stroke-as-extreme-heat-hits-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/7276\/","title":{"rendered":"Medics warn of heat stroke as extreme heat hits KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the summer heat continuing to rise to over 30 degrees in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday, emergency services have advised residents to stay hydrated and be aware of the symptoms of heat stroke and heat exhaustion.<\/p>\n<p>The South African Weather Services (Saws) said that hot and humid weather is expected over the eastern parts of the province.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/kzn\/2025\/12\/19\/analysis-there-are-still-fish-around-despite-the-highly-unpredictable-weather\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Analysis | There are still fish around despite the highly unpredictable weather<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will result in extremely uncomfortable conditions over the eastern parts of KZN on Tuesday,\u201d Saws said. <\/p>\n<p>The temperatures for the province, forecasted by Saws for January 6, 7 and 8, show areas in the eastern part of KZN experiencing extreme heat, with Pietermaritzburg (35), Riverview (36), KwaMbonambi (35) and uLundi (35) experiencing the highest temperatures. <\/p>\n<p>While temperatures may be low, the apparent temperature, which refers to how hot the temperatures feel, rises well into the 30s, with Pietermaritzburg\u2019s apparent temperature feeling more like 38.3 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Areas forecasted to experience 30 degrees and above are: <\/p>\n<p>Ladysmith, 32 degrees but feels like 29.2<\/p>\n<p>Kokstad, 30, but feels like 31.5<\/p>\n<p>Paddock, 30 degrees, but feels like 31.6<\/p>\n<p>Ixopo, 33 degrees but feels like 33.9<\/p>\n<p>Durban, 32 degrees but feels like 38.1<\/p>\n<p>Richards Bay, 35 degrees but feels like 34.0<\/p>\n<p>Margate, 31 degrees but feels like 31.6<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2025\/12\/16\/level-5-weather-warning-issued-for-kzn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Level 5 weather warning issued for KZN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ALS Paramedics has advised that during these coming hot days, residents should be aware of heat exhaustion and heat stroke symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>The group said that if residents experience fainting, high body temperatures, dehydration, confusion or seizures, should contact emergency services. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the summer heat continuing to rise to over 30 degrees in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday, emergency services have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[5170,1638,5171,2102,96,5169,131,5172,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-7276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-als-paramedics","9":"tag-durban","10":"tag-extreme-heat","11":"tag-kzn","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-pietermaritzburg","14":"tag-south-africa","15":"tag-summer-heat","16":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}