Chief Executive Officer of  The South African Weather Service   Ishaam Abader has called for advanced early warning systems in order to prepare communities against weather disasters 
In recent years, much of the country has experienced severe storm damage emanating from floods, tornadoes and heatwaves.
Abader  was at the national consultative workshop - Early Warnings for All - in Pretoria earlier this week  
The three-day event, aimed to assess the current state of early warning systems in South Africa, as part of the UN-backed EW4All initiative to protect all from hazardous weather events by 2027.