Zimbabwe's Meteorological Services Department has issued a warning that high temperatures are forecast to set in from tomorrow, Sunday 18 October 2026, according to Herald.co.zw. The notice was carried by the state-owned outlet on Saturday afternoon.
The department's alert concerns heat conditions expected to begin the following day. Herald.co.zw did not, in the information available, specify which parts of the country are covered by the warning, how long the hot spell is expected to last, or how high temperatures are likely to climb.
Heat warnings of this kind are typically issued to give the public time to prepare, though the department's stated reasoning was not included in the reporting summarised here. Readers in Zimbabwe should treat the notice as a general advisory until fuller guidance is published.
Herald.co.zw is a Zimbabwean state-owned newspaper that regularly carries weather bulletins and alerts from national agencies.
What to watch next: whether the Meteorological Services Department releases a fuller bulletin naming affected areas, expected temperature ranges and the duration of the hot conditions, and whether further updates follow as the week progresses.
