Car crushed by tree limb, lightning and 98 km winds in SA
Wild weather has lashed South Australia over the weekend with almost 100 km per hour winds recorded in some areas like Port Augusta, while an Adelaide cafe saw a large tree branch smash the back of a parked car.
South Australia faced wild weather this past weekend, with recorded winds reaching 98 km per hour in some areas like Port Augusta. The State Emergency Service (SES) dealt with around 60 jobs in a 24-hour period from Saturday to Sunday, with the majority of tasks concentrated in northern Adelaide suburbs and the Port Augusta area.
In Hyde Park, Adelaide's southern suburbs, a parked car was completely destroyed by a large tree branch. Restaurant owner Laura Edmunds praised her good fortune after her car was crushed, noting that the tree had also damaged a neighboring business six months prior. The Bureau of Meteorology attributed the weather to a tropical air mass over Queensland, with a cold front picking up moisture and generating rain bands across South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania.
Rainfall in SA exceeded 15-20mm since Saturday morning, with totals reaching 25-30mm around eastern parts of the state. SA Power Networks reported that about 12,000 customers lost power between midday Saturday and 10 am this morning, with approximately 500 customers still without electricity. Crews are working to restore power across the Eyre Peninsula, mid-north, south-east, and metropolitan area.
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